Is there smaller BDs?

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I know that BDs will be the same size of current DVDs (12cm), Is there smaller versions?

[hmurchison]

You know I'm almost positive there will be because Sony and Panasonic just announced a new format for camcorders called AVCHD. They will initially start out using standard mini DVD but the endgame is moving people to Blu Ray and flash storage.

http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs...02006065257150

http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Pr...11E/index.html

These don't mention Blu Ray yet but I'm sure that I've read a Sony spokesperson mention the possibility.

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Originally Posted by hmurchison

You know I'm almost positive there will be because Sony and Panasonic just announced a new format for camcorders called AVCHD. They will initially start out using standard mini DVD but the endgame is moving people to Blu Ray and flash storage.

http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs...02006065257150

http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Pr...11E/index.html

These don't mention Blu Ray yet but I'm sure that I've read a Sony spokesperson mention the possibility.

You mean like a mini DVD which is 8cms, thats good news.
But I was thinking, since the Blu-ray technology can hold a lot of data, wan't there an opportunity to shrink the disk size, lets say to 10cms the standard size?