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300GB holographic disk

I agree with the comments from some of the readers though. It doesn't seem like it would be able to compete with HD-DVD and Blu-ray in the commercial side of things.
 
Cool stuff indeed...the convience of such a large one shot back up medium is very attractive to me...hopefully the price for the drive and media wont be so exorbant.

I can see myself shelling out $300 for the drive and $50-100 per disk...and be backwards compatible.
 
Supposedly this tech is expandable to 1.6 TB per disc. Which would be about enough to bring my p0rn collection down to only 10 disks.

j/k

Seriously, it does seem that holodisks are finally ready. I don't see them becoming mainstream until the hi-def DVD's run out of capacity, but after that, they have an opening. However, that's 3-5 years from now, no need to rush out and get a 1st gen drive. Though, I do see issues with going back to cartidges. DVD-RAM isn't exactly popular around here.
 
STR said:
Supposedly this tech is expandable to 1.6 TB per disc. Which would be about enough to bring my p0rn collection down to only 10 disks.

j/k

Seriously, it does seem that holodisks are finally ready. I don't see them becoming mainstream until the hi-def DVD's run out of capacity, but after that, they have an opening. However, that's 3-5 years from now, no need to rush out and get a 1st gen drive. Though, I do see issues with going back to cartidges. DVD-RAM isn't exactly popular around here.
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I'd be afraid to scratch / ding / smudge the holodisc :eek: it seems the tiniest ittiest ding and you lose a gig of data!
 
Nothing wrong with cartridges, way more resistant to scratch damage. And I suspect a technology like this would be very sensitive to surface damage.
 
If all you ever saw was a cartridge, would you care? You would never see the actual disc.
 
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