Holographic DVD

[CliffyG]

The device uses the company's Tapestry technology to hold 100GB of data on a single CD-sized write-once disc as a succession of 1.3MB holograms. That's enough for 20 full-length movies, or 30 minutes of uncompressed high-resolution video:

The first product will have a data transfer rate of 20mbps, and the medium has a projected life of around 30 years.

And Constellation 3D expects its partners, including Plasmon, to ship products based on its Fluorescent Multi-layer Disc (FMD) technology, which in its first generation will allow CD-sized discs to store up to 100GB of data. Second-generation FMD technology, using blue lasers, is expected to increase this figure to one terabyte.

Link: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1...2107853,00.htm

Sounds interesting but will no doubt be ridiculously expensive for a few years if it does come to fruition.

[LeperousDust]

Not another format

[killerkebab]

Instead of more space, I'd be more interested in seeing more speed

[Messiah Khan]

Another potential competitor to Blue ray/HD-DVD. This battle should be fun.

[Fayshun]

They mentioned the BluRay HDDVD format war on the radio yesterday morning, after mentioning the LG combo drive that plays both BR and HD discs, they told us about a multi formao disc that will play in either BR or HD machines.

I see this getting messy and or complicated.