DVDs that store 10,000 films

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sciencean...ive-years.html


But ultra-DVDs will be able to store ten terabytes - or 10,000GB.
wonder what the picture quality would be like?

http://www.physorg.com/news162138048.html

what about http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090505PD202.html or http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/...ic-storage.ars

[Crimy]

So just imagine how much blu-rays will hold then with the same technology.

[blu1183]

just imagine how much one will cost

[bajor27]

The numbers in that article make very little sense to me.

How does 10,000 GB = 10,000 films?

How is 10,000 GB = 200,000x more than a DVD?

If it is 200,000x more than DVD, why can't it store 200,000 movies?

This putting aside that 10,000 films on 1 disc would be what, 10,000x$15 or $150,000. 10,000 GB is completely useless for the commerical sale of movies anywhere in the near future.

[xtop]

Originally Posted by bajor27

The numbers in that article make very little sense to me.

How does 10,000 GB = 10,000 films?

How is 10,000 GB = 200,000x more than a DVD?

If it is 200,000x more than DVD, why can't it store 200,000 movies?

This putting aside that 10,000 films on 1 disc would be what, 10,000x$15 or $150,000. 10,000 GB is completely useless for the commerical sale of movies anywhere in the near future.

Professor Min Gu, who led the research in Melbourne, Australia, aims to eventually produce discs that could contain as much data as 200,000 DVDs.

But ultra-DVDs will be able to store ten terabytes - or 10,000GB.

the only thing that says 10,000 movies is the title of the article, which seems to be incorrect

[neos_peace]

I don't know. I mean I have a friend where I work who does a actually store all his content, like movies and stuff relative to that from the interent, and other disc's. But he has told me that he prefers to use harddrives to store them. he doesn't like the idea of using disc no matter what the size to store them, mainly because of the ease of access to the hardive look for it and bring it up.

I really don't think it will be a big hit if it hits at all. If it does it will be more for corporate usage then anything else. But not for the average consumer. If it does it won't be a dfecent investment way in the future. by then something else will be out.

Just my two cents.

[kevinbr100]

Originally Posted by neos_peace

I don't know. I mean I have a friend where I work who does a actually store all his content, like movies and stuff relative to that from the interent, and other disc's. But he has told me that he prefers to use harddrives to store them. he doesn't like the idea of using disc no matter what the size to store them, mainly because of the ease of access to the hardive look for it and bring it up.

I really don't think it will be a big hit if it hits at all. If it does it will be more for corporate usage then anything else. But not for the average consumer. If it does it won't be a dfecent investment way in the future. by then something else will be out.

Just my two cents.

i somewhat agree with your friend, but disc technology like this would be great for backing up large media collections, so when that hard drive crashes you don't lose everything. you could even keep backups offsite in a safe deposit box or something to protect against theft/fire etc.

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Originally Posted by neos_peace

I don't know. I mean I have a friend where I work who does a actually store all his content, like movies and stuff relative to that from the interent, and other disc's. But he has told me that he prefers to use harddrives to store them. he doesn't like the idea of using disc no matter what the size to store them, mainly because of the ease of access to the hardive look for it and bring it up.

I really don't think it will be a big hit if it hits at all. If it does it will be more for corporate usage then anything else. But not for the average consumer. If it does it won't be a dfecent investment way in the future. by then something else will be out.

Just my two cents.

yeah but harddrives crash and get filled up real fast

[neos_peace]

he backs up everything he does or gets. That way in the event that does happen. he still has eveything somewhere else. But Ido see the problem your talking about. Personally I will stick to Blu-ray and get the hard media to keeep.

[laners]

Originally Posted by bajor27

This putting aside that 10,000 films on 1 disc would be what, 10,000x$15 or $150,000. 10,000 GB is completely useless for the commerical sale of movies anywhere in the near future.

i agree. and do people really want a few thousand movies on one disc? personally i prefer the idea of having a collection.

really dont see this having much of an impact in terms of film retail but i'm sure it will be big news for companies needing to store vast amounts of information on disc.

the future is still BLU

[thegame]

I hope in 2012 something happens and destroyed this dude laboratory and prevents this....lol just play but personally i don't think this new tech would be a big hit. Think bout it people were speculating if the upgrade to blu ray was worth it. In five years blu ray would hit every average home consumer, i don't think people would upgrade in such a short time frame.

[Manmangler]

Originally Posted by bajor27

The numbers in that article make very little sense to me.

How does 10,000 GB = 10,000 films?

10 000 Gigabytes in one disc
DVD -/+ r/rw disc is about 4,6 GB, 8,5 GB
DVD-rom/movie can be doublesided and duallayer each side about 17,1 GB
If we say that one movie 2 hour is 4,6 GB (only movie not extras)
10 000 divined by 4,6 is 2173,9 not 10 000

[trshaw]

who would want it? lets just think about this. As SINGLE disk holding 10,000 GB even IF you could make it economically feasible, lets just take a look at it from the user end.

You want to fill up the full 10 TB of data, even writing 10GB a minute it would take you 17 hours to fill up. Not really worth my time.

and have you ever tried LOOKING through 10TB of data? imagine trying to look through an entire video stores inventory every time you want to watch a movie. Not too practical...

[OrlandoEastwood]

I smell BS in that article.

[jadedeath]

And now ladies and gentlemen!

I will magically make these DVD's disappear!

*poof*

Where did they all go? Noone knows.

Logan
P.S. Unicorns exist.

[crazyBLUE]

Ok lets see , I want to watch movie # 1,798 . NOW FIND IT !!!

[Leopold BUTTERS]

I am pretty sure this isn't the actual disc holding the data. I think it's just that a little micro chip goes inside the disc and the laser reads off of that. The microchip has a storage unit that holds the data. This is also to prevent piracy as well I believe. I heard something about this a few years back.

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by Leopold BUTTERS

I am pretty sure this isn't the actual disc holding the data. I think it's just that a little micro chip goes inside the disc and the laser reads off of that. The microchip has a storage unit that holds the data. This is also to prevent piracy as well I believe. I heard something about this a few years back.

It'll be a few years before they have the ability to make these... then another few years before they can mass produce one... then Toshiba will bring out something similar that they want all the royalties for... which will delay a few more years... then by the time they come out and people will be buying them en masse it'll be at least 10-15 years from now.

Logan

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by xtop

Professor Min Gu, who led the research in Melbourne, Australia, aims to eventually produce discs that could contain as much data as 200,000 DVDs.

But ultra-DVDs will be able to store ten terabytes - or 10,000GB.

the only thing that says 10,000 movies is the title of the article, which seems to be incorrect

ANNND the funny thing is our eyes couldn't see that quality or hear that quality so why bother worrying about it?

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by jadedeath

It'll be a few years before they have the ability to make these... then another few years before they can mass produce one... then Toshiba will bring out something similar that they want all the royalties for... which will delay a few more years... then by the time they come out and people will be buying them en masse it'll be at least 10-15 years from now.

Logan

and then the world will cry out and ask, "can we put star wars on it?"
and george lucas will whisper "no"