320 GB Blu-Ray Emerges

[Codey47]

My apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, within the forums.

TDK, a company that produced a prototype 200 GB Blu-Ray disc way back in 2006, has unveiled a new prototype before the 200GB has even seen the light of day. This time, it is a 10-layer Blu-Ray disc capable of even more storage.

What’s great about this latest development in optical media, besides the awesomeness that say a 320 GB Metal Gear Solid or Final Fantasy or Grand Theft Auto game would bring, is that according to TDK, “it is possible to write and read data on and from the disc by using a blue-violet semiconductor laser with an oscillation wavelength of 405nm and an objective lens with a numerical aperture (NA) of 0.85, which are currently used for the Blu-ray disc.”

This has been a trend in newer, higher-capacity Blu-Ray discs. Due to the proliferation of internet connections everywhere and firmware being written to non-volatile (update-able) chips, it means that our PlayStation 3s may simply be a firmware update away from reading these 10-layer behemoths of Blu-Ray discs. Although we have yet to have seen even a 100 GB disc out on the market, we may see the first one before too long.

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[Scoot87]

as long as these work in my exsisting blu-ray player this is not a problem for me

 

[Horhay]

It would be really nice if you don't have to buy new hardware.

 

[Nerdkiller]

as long as these work in my exsisting blu-ray player this is not a problem for me

It would be really nice if you don't have to buy new hardware.

Well I'm almost certain that they'll work, even if you don't have a connection to your BD player (update on the disc would work). Which is pretty good timing too, as devs are already filling up the discs for certain games.

 

[Scoot87]

but would a 320gb disc really improve the quality of the film more then the 50 gb disc??

 

[MASSgains88]

but would a 320gb disc really improve the quality of the film more then the 50 gb disc??

I'm not sure...but maybe we'll get some PS3 games with HD audio.

 

[Horhay]

but would a 320gb disc really improve the quality of the film more then the 50 gb disc??

Well they'll have much more room to work with really, so who knows maybe or maybe not.

 

[Scoot87]

I'm not sure...but maybe we'll get some PS3 games with HD audio.

imagine how much ps3 date you could get on that lol

 

[jefXfree]

but would a 320gb disc really improve the quality of the film more then the 50 gb disc??

I'd just like to have it to have EVERY episode from a season on a single BD disc in HD video and Audio with all special features!

 

[Illiciter]

I'd just like to have it to have EVERY episode from a season on a single BD disc in HD video and Audio with all special features!

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