Hitachi's 100GB Blu-ray disc drive
by Thomas Ricker 
posted Oct 3rd 2007 at 3:35AM
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Hitachi to produce 200GB Blu-ray disc in 2009
by Ben Drawbaugh posted May 19th 2007 at 8:03PM
The HD movie format war aside, there will almost certainly always be a need for a disc medium to backup our computer files with, and Blu-ray has been trying to fill that need since its release. Unlike the other format, Blu-ray burners hit the market before the movie players did, and gave computer users the ability to backup more data than ever before on a 80mm disc. Even if both formats are replaced by downloadable content, there will still be a need for big optical discs to store those movies, and Hitachi plans to offer an 8-layer Blu-ray disc capable of storing 200GB of data. While this seems like a lot today, by the time it hits the market in 2009 it might not seem like much at the rate hard discs capacity is increasing.Read - Subscription required
Blu-ray appreciation day: Disc production problems solved, 200GB on the way?
by Richard Lawler posted Apr 28th 2006 at 1:25PM
Ok, ok, you found me out, I'm an anti-Blu-ray subversive (actually, I'm anti spending over $300 on a movie player but that's neither here nor there). Just so everyone knows there is no bad blood between Blu-ray and HD Beat we've got some good news to report.A small company called Blue Ray Technologies claim they have solved production issues with Blu-ray disc manufacturing that have lead to as much as a 75% defect rate, and lower that to 25%, drastically cutting costs. We'd love to take these guys seriously but in light of Nintendo's Wii, wii're taking naming very seriously and adding an E to the end of the technology does not cut it. Also, if current failure rates are at 75% for disc replicators, we don't want to see anyone's face when their $47 TDK dual-layer Blu-ray BD-R makes a coaster, ouch. However if they can really help get prices down we're all for it.
Also, TDK has issued a release that they have developed a prototype 200GB Blu-ray disc that uses six 33GB layers to hold data. Sounds interesting; hopefully we'll see production versions soon.
See? We can say nice things about Blu-ray...even though it's not out yet and delays make us very very angry.
[Via CDRinfo & Newlaunches thanks for the tip!]
Bill said next gen DVD's were the last physical format, but just in case they're not: HVD
by Richard Lawler posted Oct 21st 2005 at 12:14PM
Because that 50GB Blu-ray disc just won't be big enough of course. Oh no, what you really need is a 200GB
Holographic Versatile Disc. Luckily for you, Optware will be giving you much more of what you're looking for in 2006,
which they announced yesterday. Of course, at $30K a drive that might be a bit expensive for your tastes, but I mean hey, you read Luxist every day right? You're a baller, go buy three, and some of the $100 discs they expect to sell while you're at it. Maybe Toshiba should throw in the towel on this HD-DVD thing and focus on lowering costs on this technology that they have already invested in, just a thought.
