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Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD) is the name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers (including Apple, Dell, Hitachi, HP, JVC, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Thomson). The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data. A single-layer Blu-ray Disc can hold 25GB, which can be used to record over 2 hours of HDTV or more than 13 hours of standard-definition TV. There are also dual-layer versions of the discs that can hold 50GB.
It looks very promising, and is the next logical step in Optical Storage, Its all still optical storage, its a degradable, non-archival, breakable, scratchable, mistakeable-for-a-frisbee, easily destroyed storage medium... I mean, 50GB of data you can snap in half?
I think the future is solid state or Flash storage; think how much you can store on a tiny SD or CF card, with no moving parts, almost impossible to destroy, resistant to shack and even water, RAID Drives can store GB's of data, and it cant be snapped.
Lol i Just heard that Sony were showing off their Blu-Ray disk quality however when a reporter ejected the disk from the device they discovered that it was not a Blu-Ray disk but a DVD-R. The film Sony was playing was House of Flying Dagggers, lol this makes me laugh.
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Original Story:
http://gearlog.com/blogs/gearlog/archive/2006/05/16/11622.aspx