Matsushita preps 100GB DVD disc (1 Viewer)

[JJR512]

Not sure if this is the most correct forum, but I looked at the others and didn't see anywhere better to stick this, so forgive me if I'm wrong.

Matsushita preps 100GB DVD disc
By Matthew Broersma
ZDNet (UK)
October 19, 2001 5:40 AM PT
Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial has developed a two-sided optical rewritable disc that can store 100GB. The technology used would make DVD compatibility difficult, but Matsushita hopes the format will be used for the next generation of DVD discs.
The disc could store more than two hours of high-definition video and could also be used for data. Matsushita said it would present its research on Friday at the International Symposium on Optical Memory in Taipei, Taiwan. Mainstream DVDs store about 4.7GB per disc.

Full article (more text) available at ZDNet News .

 

[Joseph S]

If they're going to use 100GB, perhaps they could make P&S an easter egg.
Sounds interesting, but would be far more useful at this point as a backup medium.

 

[Jamie E]

I'm much more excited by http://www.c-3d.net Release the hounds!

 

[JJR512]

True, that is more exciting. Those discs will hold 100 Terabytes, which is 100 times more again over 100 GB.
I actually reported on the announcement of the technology behind FMDs on my website just over a year ago: Link Removed
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[Bruce Hedtke]

FMD's have been hinted at for some time now. While it seems like a great product (and the correct one to introduce HD-DVD), it still looks to be years out of development. I would rather wait for that than trying to adopt a new standard for encoding for DVD right now. Making alot of DVD players obsolete is not a wise move. I mean, we all want to get our hands on a HD-DVD as soon as possible, but not at the sacrifice of our current gear.
Bruce
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[Patrick McCart]

I can see it now... "Berlin Anderpolatz" on ONE disc with 20 commentaries and 57 angles.
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[AaronMK]

I am not worried about a format better than becoming widely availble and well supported by the studios anytime soon. The studios are not going to support an HD-DVD technology until they have milked DVD for all it is worth, and it will be a while before they will feel they have done that.
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