When they add more layers to Blu-ray Discs...

[vick vega]

Will it be possible for a simple firmware update or, will you not be able to play anything over 50 Gigs on the PS3? Just curious as, I remember the specs saying they could go up to 200 GB or more if I remember correctly.

[gr8one]

The people that said that said they have made it possible for more layers have claimed that it would just take an update to existing players.

[gr8one]

http://www.ps3center.net/story-1024-...c-for-PS3.html

[SpaceDog]

Since we're likely waiting until 2010 for the LOTR films on Blu Ray, I'd be thrilled if this technology comes to fruition by then.

[WickyWoo]

You will not see any commercial discs over BD-50, and the likelyhood of BD-75/100/200 even showing up in any kind of large and/or affordible quantity as writeables is unlikely.

[vick vega]

If on the off chance they do put out 75+ gig movies, is there a cap on megabytes per second for current hdmi cables or what? What is the cap on possible out put in terms of MBPS for current HDMI cables/PS3?

[WickyWoo]

The Blu-ray format has a maximum of 48mbps total per second of which a maximum of 40 can be video and 20 of audio

[Marquoz]

Every time they talk of adding layers, I just imagine this like 10 inch thick disk with layer upon layer that is taller then the PS3!

I just wonder about what the error rate would be on something like that. The more layers you have the more exponential the chance of a failure is. With one or two layers you have x amount of chance per layer, then you have to multiply that chance of failure for each additional layer, and the odds become impossibly low to get a decent yield of disks.

[vick vega]

The double layer disc is the same as a dvd if not thinner.

[Musashi]

Extra layers mean lower yields, as was said above.

Besides, 50GB is great. I do agree that more would be all the better, but 50 offers 2 hours 18 mins at absolute max quality. More pratically, you can still have a 3 1/2 hour film at excellent quality, say 28Mbps for video, 3 for the lossless audio and 0.7 each for a couple lossy tracks.

Wicky: Is there anything that could possibly need 20Mbps for audio? Highest I've seen was about 7; a couple movies have PCM about that high.

[WickyWoo]

Wicky: Is there anything that could possible need 20Mbps for audio? Highest I've seen was about 7; a couple movies have PCM about that high.

A BD-Audio centered disc

192/48 tracks, heck I'd love to see something where there is the main in 192/48, then 96/24 karaoke tracks for each instrument and the vocalist