Yeah, I'd been reading around, this is a format for the pros to use, not for those who consume the media.
And even then, if I wanted to be like the dynamic duo, I'd mention that this would only be useful on something that has the capacity that Blu Ray has, but I won't. :P
technically, the reply to this comment is absurd. We would be talking about a format that would make even your theorhetical 75GB discs the relative size necessary for a TV show in highest quality. Understandably that would be higher than 1080p at whatever framerate you are currently running. As a side note, the optical capacity of HD hit 100GB in lab tests on four layer discs from disc production companies, so just like the three layer BD-RE's we havent been seeing, HD's can be even larger but really it doesnt matter. I have a hunch we will be leaving the optical disc market for containing media before we need that much storage. Just like we are seeing with some software on video game systems emerging, discs might become keys with small amounts of personalized or special content while the remainder of the information will be downloaded or transfered via a secondary proxy.
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CharlieX @ Feb 13th 2008 2:57PM
It blows VC-1 and AVC out of the water, but also at MUCH larger filesizes. It's a mastering quality compressed codec for use in post production
xemumanic @ Feb 13th 2008 3:03PM
Yeah, I'd been reading around, this is a format for the pros to use, not for those who consume the media.
And even then, if I wanted to be like the dynamic duo, I'd mention that this would only be useful on something that has the capacity that Blu Ray has, but I won't. :P
shakes2 @ Feb 13th 2008 4:36PM
technically, the reply to this comment is absurd. We would be talking about a format that would make even your theorhetical 75GB discs the relative size necessary for a TV show in highest quality. Understandably that would be higher than 1080p at whatever framerate you are currently running. As a side note, the optical capacity of HD hit 100GB in lab tests on four layer discs from disc production companies, so just like the three layer BD-RE's we havent been seeing, HD's can be even larger but really it doesnt matter. I have a hunch we will be leaving the optical disc market for containing media before we need that much storage. Just like we are seeing with some software on video game systems emerging, discs might become keys with small amounts of personalized or special content while the remainder of the information will be downloaded or transfered via a secondary proxy.