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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dave @ Jul 7th 2008 4:13AM
:)
So what were the Toshiba super-duper crap dvd-upsizing plans again?
HAHAHAH!
ChodalBerryWagon @ Jul 7th 2008 5:29AM
omg infinity get over youself.
Digital distribution and the dismissal of optical media is a long way off, 5 or 10 years AT LEAST. Just get used to it - Blu-ray is here for now, and it's not going anywhere that quickly.
And what the hell are you talking about??
"By the time these discs are at all is even usable (meaning you come to pay like $50 per disc and another $500-$1000 per player or drive that can read this) we will have terabytes in devices not bigger then your fingernail.."
are you serious? Those 'devices which fit terabytes on your fingernail' are gonna cost a hell of a lot too dumbass!
Dave @ Jul 7th 2008 5:29AM
Optical media is used and will be used for a long long time pal. Havent you heard that SSD was caught that it actually uses more power than the good old cheap and huge HDDs:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/ssds-save-battery-power-right-wrong/
Stop trying to make it look as Blu-ray has no feature. No one believes you anymore...
Mark @ Jul 7th 2008 8:09AM
Everyone recognizes that HDDs have higher storage capacity than optical but thats only one part of the equation. Optical media is comparatively cheap to produce and highly preferred by consumers. It doesn't have much to worry about from digital downloads for a long time.
borland502 (SDF - Macross Ring) @ Jul 7th 2008 8:12AM
From the Nfinity archives: "Time will tell.. but DVD future looks brighter then ever. Imagine the future. HD content at full 1080p and lossless audio on regular DVDs..."**
**Referencing the bright future of 42GB "Optical" DVD Media
So optical media is dead only when it is in a format you have a grudge against? And somehow the referenced product quoted by you will come to market automagically in time whereas this will not?
MrGuru @ Jul 7th 2008 9:35AM
optical media will never go away, beacuse HDD's do fail, you keep a optical disk correctly in its case it will never fail on you. plus they are great for consumer backups. the worst thing in the world is to lose all your media on your HDD, thats happened to me twice.
Truth Teller @ Jul 7th 2008 9:49AM
Optical discs have a finite life-span too.......IIRC one of the producers is currently making & marketing a premium-priced disc with a guaranteed life-span.
Just because they can do this doesn't mean everyone is just aching to buy it and use it.
Note there is not a word about cost in this.
Super Upscaling (just like current upscaling) is for many people all that is needed for the job, it's 'good enough' - especially when they are told the price of the high def kit necessary to experiene all that high def offers.
Naturally the spec-sheet jockys can't get past the numbers game without going all gooey-panted but that does not mean this has any relevance in the retail mass-market.
Just like Blu-ray itself has yet to break into the a/v mass-market as it is, nevermind any far-off potential.
You can get branded reliable HDDs @ 1Tb sizes now for less than £100/$200.
Let's see it beat that.
(and my bet would be that the low volumes this is sure to be produced in means it won't even beat 2 x 1Tb drives - which will only continue to get cheaper - which, in a RAID config, ought to stop any silly reliability quibbles)