Holograpic Discs

[Anonymous]

I was wondering if anyone had heard of the new format 'Holographic discs'. I watched a program a year or two ago about a German company who were allegedly in the testing phase of a new format. These discs were transparent orange, and the developers claimed they could hold up to 250 times the data on a DVD disc. They claimed that instead of using layers, the information would be stored on small suspended particles embedded in the disc and the optical reader would move about the disc, reading information from a finite number of angles. Thus giving a huge storage capacity.

I have failed to see any of this materialise and was wondering if anyone out there had heard or seen anything to suggest they will arrive or have been shelved.

Thanx

Yetson