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

[Tok]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

That's the major point of this breakthrough. More great quality content on fewer discs. The format is maxed out at its current bitrate capactiy of 56Mbps (or is it 54Mbps? I can't remember exactly). Like people have said before. If they release larger quantity content on one disc, I'd be willing to pay a bit more for the convenience. I am so very quickly running out of room for my growing collection (800+ and going north!!!).

I understand the space saving issue, but we collectors have to realize we are the exception and not the norm.

I tend to go through my collection every 2 to 3 years and sell titles that I realize I can do without. Luckily I sold off a vast majority of my DVD collection before the prices collapsed on SD media.

[Brightstar]

Originally Posted by CraigW

I understand the space saving issue, but we collectors have to realize we are the exception and not the norm.

I tend to go through my collection every 2 to 3 years and sell titles that I realize I can do without. Luckily I sold off a vast majority of my DVD collection before the prices collapsed on SD media.

but 4k movies need more disk space and that's where this 400GB comes into play. LOTR will still be split onto two disks becouse the movie will be in 4k not 1080p

[vargo]

128GB BDXL is plenty for 4k if you allow for the increased compression of HEVC and the other main unnanounced next-gen codec.

[Trekkie313]

Any "new" news?

[tron3]

Originally Posted by vargo

128GB BDXL is plenty for 4k if you allow for the increased compression of HEVC and the other main unnanounced next-gen codec.

The thing about COders/DECoders (CODECS) is they must decode in real time. With processing power becoming smaller and cheaper all the time, it makes the probability of using very high density coding a reality. That is what held up HDTV. The FCC would not allow the bandwidth required to stream a full HD video.

The compression hardware to bring that home was simply too expensive for consumers at the time. Not to mention, being virtually non-existent in the era where the 386 computer was just being born.

I have said it before, those of you hate compression artifacts - get over it. Without compression we would never have had DVD, let alone blu-ray and HDTV. Compression is your friend.