1TB optical disc by Folio Photonics

[andjar01]

Future 8 to 16 layers high capacity low cost disc.
These would be fantastic for TV series collecting or for those big Criterion sets.

https://www.techradar.com/news/this-...b-optical-disc
https://www.whathifi.com/news/is-blu...physical-media

[Lee A Stewart]

Will not happen. It's a write once archival disc system.

For the industry to take on a new disc as complicated as this one is the question would be why? Disc sales are dropping on an average of 18% a year. You don't introduce new technology in that kind of a market.

[andjar01]

You're probably right. But still...if the players won't be extremely expensive i can see some collector dedicated blu ray labels releasing some nice bundles on this format.
Sure...it will be very niche ....like the "laserdisc" of the future.

The home theatre market is getting bigger and more and more home theatre enthusiasts are starting to collect physical media.

Being able to let's say buy something like the whole 4K Hitchcock universal filmography or the whole Star Wars saga, the complete Game Of Thrones on a single disc/small package might attract more people than we think.

Last but not least a potential 8k phisical format?

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by andjar01

You're probably right. But still...if the players won't be extremely expensive i can see some collector dedicated blu ray labels releasing some nice bundles on this format.
Sure...it will be very niche ....like the "laserdisc" of the future.

The players would be expensive. It's a new technology which is always expensive. You do realize this is a small startup company right. If the announcement came from Sony that might be different,

The home theatre market is getting bigger and more and more home theatre enthusiasts are starting to collect physical media.

You're not paying attention. The physical disc market is shrinking at a rate of 18% a year. That wouldn't happen if new collectors entered the market. It would be growing instead.

Being able to let's say buy something like the whole 4K Hitchcock universal filmography or the whole Star Wars saga, the complete Game Of Thrones on a single disc/small package might attract more people than we think.

It's a moot point because it just isn't going to happen. This disc format is for archival purposes. Move data off of disc drives that isn't being used on a regular basis and put it on an optical disc. Why they want to do that when we are using magnetic tape for that purpose and have been for over 40 years - they claim a savings in the media. Most people who control IT departments don't seek out new technology. If it isn't broken - don't fix it.

Last but not least a potential 8k phisical format?

Sorry - no 8K physical format. 4K UHD-BD is the last physical format - enjoy it.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by andjar01

You're probably right. But still...if the players won't be extremely expensive i can see some collector dedicated blu ray labels releasing some nice bundles on this format.
Sure...it will be very niche ....like the "laserdisc" of the future.

there is a reason they are talking about archiving and not distribution media. A 1TB disk for 5$ that needs 0 electricity and is way more robust is interesting for storing one or two copies of large amounts of data that is seldom used. But a replicated BD costs pennies in plastic and seconds to make while this will end up costing thousands of time more.

the only way something like this can go anywhere is if the method can be applied to replicating.

as for 8k physical media distribution I think we will see them but at this point I don't think they will be based on this tech.

[unberechenbar]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

as for 8k physical media distribution I think we will see them but at this point I don't think they will be based on this tech.

So you don't think it will be disc-based?

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by unberechenbar

So you don't think it will be disc-based?

I did not say that. Folio (if we take it at face value) managed to make a big disk that is write once. I am saying a write once disk can't be used for movie distribution. I don't know where the replication tech is today but my guess it is between 2-5 seconds to make a disk using replication (going with 5 that was back at the begining and the highest number) that means one line can make 12 copies a minute, 720 an hour and 17,280 a day. On the other hand if it is duplication, you need something like
this with multiple bays and even then, something like this with
10 bays will take ~15 minutes for 10 copies 40 copies an hour, 960 a day and I am guessing something like this (a lot more data to write) won't be anywhere near as fast

that makes it an impractical solution for anything that is mass market.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

I did not say that. Folio (if we take it at face value) managed to make a big disk that is write once. I am saying a write once disk can't be used for movie distribution. I don't know where the replication tech is today but my guess it is between 2-5 seconds to make a disk using replication (going with 5 that was back at the begining and the highest number) that means one line can make 12 copies a minute, 720 an hour and 17,280 a day. On the other hand if it is duplication, you need something like
this with multiple bays and even then, something like this with
10 bays will take ~15 minutes for 10 copies 40 copies an hour, 960 a day and I am guessing something like this (a lot more data to write) won't be anywhere near as fast

that makes it an impractical solution for anything that is mass market.

Are you leaving enough time to apply the hard coating on BDs? Doesn't appear you did.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by 49218

I thought pressed discs were all non-rewritable.

Pressed discs are BD-ROMs. Once write are BD-Rs

[lgans316]

I would buy this if we have players that can playback files from this disc. For instance, we can have about 15-20 full flat 4K MKV rips on one disc. This disc wojld not only give us long shelf life as opposed to HDDs but also less shelf space and the ability to carry anywhere and bulk watch.

Would be interesting to see if this hits the market.

[Lee A Stewart]

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Sorry guys - no movies or TV shows.

[revgen]

The only reason to use 1tb discs for commercial distribution is lossless video. The last time commercial discs didn't use lossy compression techniques was the laserdisc format. Currently, the best lossless codec is FFV1, which reduces uncompressed video to 1/3 filesize. The other advantage of FFV1 is that it doesn't require licensing costs like the MPEG codecs since it is free and open-source.

IMO, if lossy compression is done correctly (especially 35mbps + 2-pass encoding for blu-ray), compression artifacts are difficult to spot unless you're trying to look for it. Both UHD (100mb discs) and Blu-Ray (50gb) offer more than enough maximum disc space for a competent lossy encode. The only publishers I can see producing commercial discs for this format are publishers that already know how to produce a proper encode. I don't see Mill Creek using these anytime soon.

With physical media sales declining every year, combined with inflation, prices for physical media will continue to rise. Offering a superior home video format will help to justify higher prices, but only if consumers can really notice the difference and labels support the format. I don't see that happening anytime soon. The difference between laserdisc and VHS was significant in the 80's and 90's. I don't believe the difference between digital lossless video and a properly encoded blu-ray or UHD is nearly as noticeable.

[stonesfan129]

I feel like the discs would run into quality control issues like I am seeing now with BD100 discs for 4K Blu-ray. I have had very few that don't skip or pixelate somewhere even on a clean disc and across different players. Doesn't happen with BD66 discs.

[HDTV1080P]

Sony, Panasonic, and OPPO 4K players playback BD-100 discs perfectly fine.

[David M]

Originally Posted by andjar01

Future 8 to 16 layers high capacity low cost disc.
These would be fantastic for TV series collecting or for those big Criterion sets.

https://www.techradar.com/news/this-...b-optical-disc
https://www.whathifi.com/news/is-blu...physical-media

This happens every couple of years. Someone in the data storage space announces some new high capacity innovation, and tech blogs miss the point and suggest it will be used for consumer home entertainment, ignoring the market reality of the fact that there are formats right now that do the job fine.

[LexInHD]

Per the Singulus production literature, production cycling for a single-layer BD disc is around 4 seconds, dual-layer is 4-6, and triple-layer is likely around 8-12, though pretty much all information regarding triple-layer discs is hard to come by, so I can't be sure on that. Since Singulus pulled out of optical disc in 2022, all disc replication information was purged from their website and they had nothing about triple-layer discs up there, beyond the brochure for the respective replicator hardware.

Here's the official Singulus Bluline 2 production line video....

BLULINE - The Platform for the Blu-ray Production of High Quality Blu-ray Discs - YouTube