100GB goes live!!! Hitachi's 100GB Blu-ray disc drive is ready!

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by Dave

Sure, it's just a prototype for now, but we can't help but feel a bit smitten with any drive capable of playing 100GB of data off a single 4-layer optical disc. The BD camp was also touting 200GB, 8-layer discs as they have since 2004 (at least) while showing off the components that will usher in 8x performance (double-that of existing commercial gear) in a more realistic time frame. When that might be exactly, no one's willing to say.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/03/h...ay-disc-drive/

from what I understand, all drives can read it. is this correct (I'm not native english speaker)