Sony & Panasonic team up for new 300GB discs by 2015

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Originally Posted by Penton-Man

If the BDA is serious about 4K physical media, they will not wait for 300 GB discs (the end of 2015)…nor need they. In fact I think it's safe to say that most consumers interested in 4K are waiting for at least a meaningful update by the BDA in regards to the offering of 4K physical media no later than CES 2014.

Consider this more as an alternative storage solution for the upcoming data tsunami generated by movies and TV shows, for example a TV show generates 30 hrs @ 200 Mbps. A season is 60 TB. Movies can be as much as 1-2 Petabyte; even more so for 4K, HFR and 3D.

If 300 GB discs someday extend to 4K consumer application, so much the better, but at this time there are other technical priorities on the front burner to be considered. You can check one off the list though, (although I think not publically announced yet), HDMI 2.0 has been recently approved.

Would you agree that IF this new format is eventually used for 4K content, that it should have 30fps or 60fps instead of Blu-ray's 24fps?