16 Layers Optical drives : The World's First 16 Layer Optical Drive from Pioneer

Posted on Mon Jul 07, 11:09 by Thetrue
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Damn, I need 400GB recordable right now, but I know this will be "fiction" for a long time still.

Posted on Sun Nov 16, 05:41 by igoryonya, Software Developer
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It looks cool, but I don't think I will be going for an other CD-Lile media. It's too much prone to scratches and physical surface damage. It has problems with drive compatibility, i.e. not all disks work in all drives. USB ports are becoming more and more ubiquitous, not only for computers any more. I've seen it many times in different electronic devices, such as cassette, CD, DVD, VHS players, TVs, car stereos, etc. and it will be even more ubiquitous by the time that 400Gb disk comes out. I am sure, it will cost as much as the Blue-Ray disks now $(30-40) per disk and the drive will cost around $700 at first. By that time, there will be Flash and Card memory devices that will cost, maybe a 1.5 times more expensive, then the 400Gb disks. By the time the 400Gb Drives will get as cheap as $200, the flash and card memory devices will cost around $25 a peace for 512Gb unit and you could buy 4Tb of them for the cost of one 400Gb optical Media drive.

Posted on Sun Nov 16, 05:42 by igoyronya, Software Developer
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I yet to see a device with USB port that couldn't read a flash memory device I stuck into it. I think, if I buy a drive that supports those disks, it will be a BlueRay-RW/Ultra-HD-DVD(400)-ROM combo (write everything up to Blue Ray, but read only 400Gb disks), because I see no point of supporting optical media CD-like disks any further, unless they will start making them enclosed in cases as floppy disks were. Media like that will be the last of it's kind, because I think, people will start switching to memory cards by that time. I am sure they will start selling movies on RO-memory cards. They are better for their size too. People will buy SSD drives, instead of the CD/DVD/BR/etc. disks also.