General Electric have unvieled a 500Gb 'micro-holographic disc' that is the same size as a DVD. Cop that blu-ray! ;p

A disc that can store 500 gigabytes of data, equivalent to 100 DVDs, has been unveiled by General Electric.

The micro-holographic disc is the same size as existing DVDs and is aimed at the archive industry.

Full Story... though there aren't much details.

i wonder how much they will cost. probably a f***ing s***load

That would be good for backing up, probably will take years to burn tho.

Imagine scratching one accidentally cause you're used to treating CD like s***. How pissed would you be.

in a few years you'll pick up a pack of 100 for $49.95 lawl

I thought this was really old news but couldn't find anything using the QGL search...

this will be an early draft iteration of the successor to blu-ray, just like blu-ray was to dvd, and dvd was to cd. It'll never end.

I thought this was really old news but couldn't find anything using the QGL search...

I tried the Googles too, thought same. Amazed to see this post was indexed already after 12 minutes. Google likes AusGamers.

Panasonic Pushes Blu-ray Discs to 16 Layers, 400GB Capacity

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/07/pioneer_pushes_bluray_discs_to_16_layers_400gb_capacity-2.html

I'm kind of hoping that internet bandwidth will get to the point where everyone will stop buying games and movies on discs and just stream/download them anyway. f*** physical media.

sadly music is starting to do that..which sucks bigtime..

I want to own a hard copy of an album, has more value, and you cant get the band to sign your digital copy..

Get them to sign your man boobs

Multi-layer Blu-rays (even ones readable with most current technology) approaching this capacity have been shown off for years...

I'm kind of hoping that internet bandwidth will get to the point where everyone will stop buying games and movies on discs and just stream/download them anyway. f*** physical media.

So you think it is safe to be storing all the worlds media physically on servers?

People will still need to backup and store data. Especially businesses and the government. The need for physical disc storage/tape storage etc will continue on for quite some time.

People will still need to backup and store data. Especially businesses and the government. The need for physical disc storage/tape storage etc will continue on for quite some time.

I'm not talking about that, I'm just talking about the consumer side. Movies, games, music, etc. Obviously this sort of thing is still has important uses.

I want to own a hard copy of an album, has more value, and you cant get the band to sign your digital copy..

Well, that sort of thing doesn't concern me. I'm not worried about the 'value' of my music, nor do I care about getting a band to sign it. I want it to be fast to acquire, and convenient to access. I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying that I (and apparently a lot of other people) are more than willing to do away with (what I see as) useless clutter.