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Thrawn2787
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What is this? 300GB in a disc?

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June 12, 2007 5:12:45 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
Well, I was reading "The Economist" (a magazine) and there was an article about a new type of disc format. Its called holograhic storage (still discs like DVDs and stuff tho). The first ones will be able to store 300GB of data - "12 times more than the latest Blu-ray disvs and 60 times more than a standard DVD. And within a few years this capacity is expected to increase more than fivefold to 1.6 terabytes (1,600 GB)."

The example of what 1.6 terabytes can store (taken from the article) was 5 seasons of a television drama, in high defintion, on one disc. So the Sopranos, which is ten seasons, could fit on two discs instead of (4 discs in season 1, say they all have 4 discs, so thats 40 DVDS!) 40 DVDS!

Imagine the length of a game that took up all that space.....
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Thrawn2787
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Reply #1 June 12, 2007 5:15:58 PM
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games would never get that long... profits would never be able to make up for production, and the process would take forever (maybe MAYBE big companies could pull it off)

but holographic storage, I believe that has to do with 3-D engrained images, correct? in crystal structures I believe.
nice little doohickies, wonder we didnt come up with them sooner. such a simple idea.
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Reply #2 June 12, 2007 5:30:43 PM
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Well, DVDs write on a thin layer below the surface or something. This format writes on three layers or something. Wiki it.
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Reply #3 June 12, 2007 5:55:28 PM
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imagine scratching it and losing 300GB of data!
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Reply #4 June 12, 2007 6:51:35 PM
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but holographic storage, I believe that has to do with 3-D engrained images, correct? in crystal structures I believe.
nice little doohickies, wonder we didnt come up with them sooner. such a simple idea.


It's actually a fairly old idea, just one that hasn't readily come together into a useful product before now.
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Reply #5 June 12, 2007 7:00:05 PM
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I WANT MY BABYLON 5 STORAGE CRYSTAL..
well yeah, when do we stop using all those mechanical things. Like harddrives, cd, dvd, HD dvd and so on.

Im more into the idea of flash drives or what ever they are called.
Will we ever see an alternative to the harddrive and disc's within the next 10years?
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Reply #6 June 12, 2007 7:35:24 PM
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Apperantly they're ready to go on sale in a couple of weeks (I dunno if that means to other companys, or to the public. If I had to guess I'd say it won't be to the public because, since its a new format, you'll prolly need a new thinggy to read the disc.)
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Reply #7 June 12, 2007 8:57:46 PM
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i'm more worried about the interface that has to handle that capacity.

present day interfaces can't push that sort of capacity fast enough IMHO.
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Reply #8 June 12, 2007 9:59:05 PM
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it's actually a fairly old idea, just one that hasn't readily come together into a useful product before now

my point exactly
why?
Well, DVDs write on a thin layer below the surface or something. This format writes on three layers or something.

no, its that DVDs and CDs work in 2D where these work in 3D
since its a new format, you'll prolly need a new thinggy to read the disc

oh yeah.
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Reply #9 June 14, 2007 11:20:48 PM
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The fruits of endless consumerism.

Capatalism at work I say.
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Reply #10 June 15, 2007 1:39:09 PM
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its that DVDs and CDs work in 2D where these work in 3D


True, DVD's and CD's work out the the edge, Holographic disks work out the the edge and them straight back to the middle, and the way they do it is astoundingly clever (yet obvious).

A simple analogy is those "holographic" fridge magnets that change the image when you move them. These disks actually write the second and third layer of data in a slightly different way than the first, so to access it the reader only needs to change to read the way that particular layer was written.
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