500GB Blu-ray

Simon W · 1st May 2009, 23:06

Crikey, 500GB on one Blu-ray disc http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/content/pr...GB_Bluray.html

That's 100 DVDs on one disc (death knell for DVD).

JohnDotCom · 1st May 2009, 23:13

Capacity is Growing everywhere.
1.5 Terabyte (TB) Hard drives becoming the norm, and the new 2TB (64mb cache) Western Digital drives we are now using also.

StevenWilliams · 1st May 2009, 23:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnDotCom

Capacity is Growing everywhere.
1.5 Terabyte (TB) Hard drives becoming the norm, and the new 2TB (64mb cache) Western Digital drives we are now using also.

Sigh..

Time to update the 9 1Tb drives I have in my main server.

There goes any chance of a V8

Simon W · 2nd May 2009, 00:10

In Japan they're already working on Ultra High Definiton television (16x the resolution of normal Hi Def) - so I suppose 500GB Blu-ray discs will eventually be small beer.

Plus - Ultra High Def will almost certainly mean the end of 35mm film.

StevenWilliams · 2nd May 2009, 06:55

I think it will be some time before UHD is a commercial product and it will only be used for large displays in things like conferences and football games, motor racing etc..

The amount of bandwidth required is prohibitive and cannot be transmitted with current technologies.

1st May 2009, 23:06	#1
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JohnDotCom * Rover 75 FaceLift Tourer CDTi 170BHP Auto ConnSE 2005 Model Starlight Silver Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Abergele Posts: 28,735 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Capacity is Growing everywhere. 1.5 Terabyte (TB) Hard drives becoming the norm, and the new 2TB (64mb cache) Western Digital drives we are now using also.

2nd May 2009, 00:10	#4
Simon W This is my second home Rover 75 2.0 Litre Club Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: S Posts: 3,280 Thanks: 38 Thanked 50 Times in 47 Posts	In Japan they're already working on Ultra High Definiton television (16x the resolution of normal Hi Def) - so I suppose 500GB Blu-ray discs will eventually be small beer. Plus - Ultra High Def will almost certainly mean the end of 35mm film.