Pioneer shows off 16-layer 400GB Blu-ray Disc, affirms compatibility with current players

[joelslaw]

I tried to start a new thread with this (it's a tad off topic) but because I'm a new member I couldn't, so I hope you don't mind if I post it in this thread:

That article got me thinking about how much less compression you could use, and in fact, would you even need it?

Well according to this calculator, yes. Uncompressed 1080p25 would get to big to fast. You couldn't fit a whole movie.

However, I then started wondering if there are lossless video codecs. Turns out there are. One I looked into, "MSU Lossless Video Codec", claims a compression ratio of anywhere from 3 to 9 on some video (look at the codec comparison in that link).

Obviously you couldn't use that codec on a BD because it is not in the spec, but could a lossless version of H264, or VC-1 be made, that would be compatible with BD?

If so, you could have a BD with lossless video and audio!!! Goodbye compression artifacts!

What do you guys think? You think we'll ever see anything like this?