Blu-ray killer: Holographic Versatile Disc

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Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) is an optical disc technology which would hold up to 3.9 terabytes (TB) of information. It employs a technique known as collinear holography, whereby two lasers, one red and one green, are collimated in a single beam. The green laser reads data encoded as laser interference fringes from a holographic layer near the top of the disc while the red laser is used as the reference beam and to read servo information from a regular CD-style aluminum layer near the bottom. Servo information is used to monitor the position of the read head over the disc, similar to the head, track, and sector information on a conventional hard disk drive. On a CD or DVD this servo information is interspersed amongst the data.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc

Standards with 200 and 300 GB storage are under development and prototypes expected in 2008
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So while the Sony fanbois may lament over the Blu-ray format win, I feel it will be very shortlived. Any comments?
 
prototypes expected in 2008
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Says it all. So yeah lets wait another few years for this new format. Blu-Ray is here now and is available

Will be nice when it happens tho. Just hope the speed would be like a flash rather than current speeds.
 
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if we make these things re re right able then hard rives can be massive

Sounds good, is it backwards compatible? to DVD and CD?
 
UnoPanelvan said:
Says it all. So yeah lets wait another few years for this new format. Blu-Ray is here now and is available

Will be nice when it happens tho. Just hope the speed would be like a flash rather than current speeds.
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Ah, but did we hear about DVD replacements within a year of its launch? Nope. The pace of technology has increased and Sony and partners have been so focused on one area they forgot to look at the looming sunrise on the horizon.

Hehehe, I wonder if this is Toshiba's doing. Keeping Sony occupied with there last generation technology while the develop a single standard that is much, much better! :D (Just a thought)
 
Vember said:
if we make these things re re right able then hard rives can be massive

Sounds good, is it backwards compatible? to DVD and CD?
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It contains a red laser, so quite possibly. Not sure about Blu-ray backwards compatability tho.
 
timgaul said:
Ah, but did we hear about DVD replacements within a year of its launch? Nope. The pace of technology has increased and Sony and partners have been so focused on one area they forgot to look at the looming sunrise on the horizon.

Hehehe, I wonder if this is Toshiba's doing. Keeping Sony occupied with there last generation technology while the develop a single standard that is much, much better! :D (Just a thought)
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Wishful thinking at best.

Sony will make money of blu-ray, milk the cow now while you can.

The technology may shift fast, but the studios and people change slower. People will buy blu-ray players, and will buy the movies etc etc just as they did with DVD.
 
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