| Genki |
Wow.. holds 6 times more info than a DVD!
By INQUIRER staff: Thursday 13 February 2003, 14:30
A CONSORTIUM OF COMPANIES has started to license production technology for Blu-Ray in the hope of stealing a march on competitors. The new discs have enough capacity to hold 13 hours of video.
The discs hold 15 gigabytes on a layer that is similar to the way that DVDs work but the new drives will use a blue laser to read the discs. Current DVD players use a red laser.
The gang of nine, Sony, Matsushita, Hitachi, Pioneer, Sharp, Samsung, LG, Philips and Thomson, pooled their resources in the hope of creating a definitive standard. Toshiba and NEC are known to be working on a competing platform but it is looking increasingly like they will be left in the cold.
There has been no indication yet as to when the first Blu-Ray players will become available. With the immense take up of DVD over the last few years, the new format is going to have a struggle to get going unless it offers something very special. µ |
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| ManHunter |
They have been working on blue laser pickup for years now. The wavelength of blue lasers is shorter than the wavelength of red lasers, so it can read smaller holes in the DVD, hence more data per square inch.
It's about time they release the technology. :)
MH |
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| BlueTurboEGG |
| Yeah, x6 hell yeah, put me down for one! |
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| redbaron303 |
| Would it still play DVD's? I have alot of DVD's and would hate to see them go to waste and have to buy another setup...? |
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| Bimmer |
| Ya it would still play regular dvds, so nothing to worry about there. The only thing is you may want to hold off on buying a dvd burner for now :) |
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| ManHunter |
| Are you sure it will be backward compatible? They can always put a red laser too in the machine I guess. |
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| ManHunter |
| Are you sure it will be backward compatible? They can always put a red laser too in the machine I guess. |
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