The evolution of Blu-ray, and why HD DVD will not even be in the picture...

[joeorc]

Originally Posted by matts

The article says nothing about that. It simply says they are looking into the holographic format. Only similarity seems to be that it uses a blu laser. So does HD DVD.

Atomic Holographic Optical Nanostorage Drive that is where Blu-Ray development is heading.

do you know what type of laser HVD uses...?, its Blue/green......
look at the date when this article was posted "2004" Blu-Ray optical drive's were already on the market in Apr 2003 on retail outlets for consumer purchase in japan and Asia..where was HD DVD..that's right just getting started and finaly getting out its first player in 2006...in North America...HD DVD was a clone of the Blu-Ray format on top of that its a lesser clone.

look here this may help you.

notice a couple of things:

OLED

Atomic Holographic Optical Nanostorage Drive

http://www.colossalstorage.net/

HD DVD is stop gap for digital downloads
Blu-Ray is being development toward future,not just a stop gap format.