Sony & Panasonic team up for new 300GB discs by 2015

[radagast]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

If the BDA is serious about 4K physical media, they will not wait for 300 GB discs (the end of 2015)…nor need they. In fact I think it's safe to say that most consumers interested in 4K are waiting for at least a meaningful update by the BDA in regards to the offering of 4K physical media no later than CES 2014.

Consider this more as an alternative storage solution for the upcoming data tsunami generated by movies and TV shows, for example a TV show generates 30 hrs @ 200 Mbps. A season is 60 TB. Movies can be as much as 1-2 Petabyte; even more so for 4K, HFR and 3D.

If 300 GB discs someday extend to 4K consumer application, so much the better, but at this time there are other technical priorities on the front burner to be considered. You can check one off the list though, (although I think not publically announced yet), HDMI 2.0 has been recently approved.

Would you agree that IF this new format is eventually used for 4K content, that it should have 30fps or 60fps instead of Blu-ray's 24fps?

[djgeneral]

http://variety.com/2013/digital/news...it-1200569762/

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by djgeneral

http://variety.com/2013/digital/news...it-1200569762/

To me, it’s kind of amazing (and, at the same time gratifying, as it points to good interest in regards to the consumer 4K movement) that these professional blogger articles are glossing over the stated intent of the basic agreement between Sony and Panasonic and pretty much concentrating on its potential application for 4K home media. I mean, not a word on a main competitor to the 300 GB disc project…namely LTO tape, and the comparative advantages and disadvantages of each storage solution, i.e. a disc-based format allows easy access to file-based content and one is less forced to migrate every 5-7 years as often seen with LTO tape, etc.

Anyway, since the trades and tech bloggers seem focused on 300 GB Blu-ray discs for 4K home media (seemingly downplaying the efficiency of advanced compression schemes), these are some alternative views, the later being from an Apple fanboy who ends the article with the infamous “Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt” phrase.

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/07/...o-save-the-cd/
http://blogs.computerworld.com/stora...t-apple-doesnt

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by radagast

Would you agree that IF this new format is eventually used for 4K content, that it should have 30fps or 60fps instead of Blu-ray's 24fps?

Not "instead", especially if you’re talking movies (as essentially only a couple Directors with almost unlimited studio-backed resources are currently involving themselves in HFR feature motion pictures, not to mention that many post houses are hoping it (HFR) DOESN’T succeed because they will then be forced to make some upgrades), I would agree that support of 4K @ 60 Hz in addition to traditional 4K @ 24 fps would show good foresight.