Sanyo promises 100GB Blu-ray discs

Bravestime · 10-09-2008, 12:54 PM

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Japanese electronics firm Sanyo has announced a new type of blue laser diode, which it said could double the capacity of existing Blu-ray discs to 100GB.

Although still under development, Sanyo claimed that the new laser could support drives that can write to Blu-ray discs at 12x speed over four layers of 25GB each.

Current Blu-ray recorders can write at speeds of around 6x, with some 8x burners due out soon.

Complete Article: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/22...-100gb-blu-ray

BobY · 10-09-2008, 06:37 PM

It's recordable media--no relevance to pre-recorded movies.

TDK already announced 200GB recordable BD over a year ago.

hdupdate.com · 10-09-2008, 07:09 PM

Blu-Ray movies don't need larger discs, the players aren't designed to handle higher bitrates, therefore it really is a non-issue when it comes to hollywood movies. I for one would love a recordable Blu-Ray disc that can hold 100 GB for archival purposes.

Bravestime · 10-11-2008, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by hdupdate.com

Blu-Ray movies don't need larger discs, the players aren't designed to handle higher bitrates, therefore it really is a non-issue when it comes to hollywood movies. I for one would love a recordable Blu-Ray disc that can hold 100 GB for archival purposes.

It definitely should hold alot of data and pictures.

ah802 · 10-11-2008, 08:49 AM

For those who they would never use this amount of storage.. For the last 6 months I've been hitting 300 gigs per month download, and I don't see the recordable media commonly available for HD and more importantly at an affordable price.

BobY · 10-11-2008, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by ah802

For those who they would never use this amount of storage.. For the last 6 months I've been hitting 300 gigs per month download, and I don't see the recordable media commonly available for HD and more importantly at an affordable price.

Blu-Ray is a pretty good mass storage medium for computers--that's what it was designed to be.

It's not cheap, though. 50GB BD-R (write once) is between $30-$40 a disc, a pack of 50, 25GB BD-R (1.25TB total) will run you around $500. Obviously 100GB and 200GB BD-R discs will be even more if/when they hit the market. Then there's the cost of the drive.

You can currently buy a 100GB hard drive for less than $50 (if you can still find any less than 160GB), a 500GB hard drive for less than $100 and 1-1.5TB hard drives for under $200.

Even small, lightweight portable USB drives are considerably cheaper--250-320GB for less than $80.

tipstir · 10-11-2008, 10:58 AM

Well the first DVD writer for the PC was expensive and the recordable media for it was the same as it would be BR. Still just have to wait for prices to come down or use NAS or USB HDD seems cheaper. As the AVG PC user doesn't download 300GB nor do they to much of anything else just surf and check email.

BobY · 10-11-2008, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by tipstir

Well the first DVD writer for the PC was expensive and the recordable media for it was the same as it would be BR. Still just have to wait for prices to come down or use NAS or USB HDD seems cheaper. As the AVG PC user doesn't download 300GB nor do they to much of anything else just surf and check email.

We'll see. The prices came down on DVD for computers because of volume--try to find a computer that doesn't come with a DVD drive. It remains to be seen whether many people are going to spend the money to upgrade to a Blu-Ray drive on their computer when portable HDD's are currently much cheaper, both on an absolute basis and per bit, and will likely continue to be so unless volumes increase greatly for recordable BD.

AFAIK, most PC manufacturers who are thinking of building BD drives into their PC's are looking at BD-ROM (for pre-recorded content), not BD-R. That will be of no help as computer mass storage.:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage...rs_Report.html

10-09-2008, 07:09 PM	#3
hdupdate.com How can anyone watch standard def? Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 20	Movies don't need the extra space Blu-Ray movies don't need larger discs, the players aren't designed to handle higher bitrates, therefore it really is a non-issue when it comes to hollywood movies. I for one would love a recordable Blu-Ray disc that can hold 100 GB for archival purposes.

10-11-2008, 10:58 AM	#7
tipstir Generalist Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,152	Well the first DVD writer for the PC was expensive and the recordable media for it was the same as it would be BR. Still just have to wait for prices to come down or use NAS or USB HDD seems cheaper. As the AVG PC user doesn't download 300GB nor do they to much of anything else just surf and check email. __________________ Best Regards tipstir Don't be a non-believer!

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10-09-2008, 06:37 PM	#2
BobY What's all this, then?... Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,197	It's recordable media--no relevance to pre-recorded movies. TDK already announced 200GB recordable BD over a year ago.

10-11-2008, 08:49 AM	#5
ah802 Visual Arts Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,230	For those who they would never use this amount of storage.. For the last 6 months I've been hitting 300 gigs per month download, and I don't see the recordable media commonly available for HD and more importantly at an affordable price.