Topic: 3 Terabytes on a CD-R?!

[Xessive]

3 Terabytes on a CD-R

Some reasearchers at Harvard figured it out.

Yes, three-holy-terabytes (3,000-gigabytes) of data on an optical disc the size of our regular CD-R might just be possible soon! Harvard researchers have developed an "optical nano antenna" which helps focus light from an inexpensive laser onto a spot size of 40-nanometers.

[Quemaqua]

Oooo

[Ace_O_Spades]

sexy... very sexy

[PyroMenace]

damn straight, fuck this blue ray and hd dvd shit.

[Cobra951]

Obsolete before their prime?  Haha. That would be awsome.

[Pugnate]

In other news:

Harvard's research labs bombed.

Sony's CEO goes on record blaming Al-Qaeda.

[Xessive]

Haha Dear Sony

I remember hearing about developing such a technology a few years back, but I never imagined it was 3000 GB on a CD-R! I thought they were going to develop and promote multi-layer DVD's or something.

Dual-Layer DVD's (DVD9) are available, but I believe the technology to make one is still not available to consumers; only developers/manufacturers have access to creating Dual-Layers DVD's.

[Pugnate]

Forgive me if I am a little skeptical though. I've read about sudden jumps in technology like this before, and nothing ever panned out.

Ever.

[Xessive]

Oh, yeah there's always someone who benefits from preventing such technologies from reaching consumers Instead they'll milk us for everything available now, and gradually work us up to the level of the technology.

There's more money in a quick-fix than a solution. It's the same as in medicine and pharmaceuticals: more money in a treatment than a cure.

[Antares]

Oh, yeah there's always someone who benefits from preventing such technologies from reaching consumers Instead they'll milk us for everything available now, and gradually work us up to the level of the technology.

There's more money in a quick-fix than a solution. It's the same as in medicine and pharmaceuticals: more money in a treatment than a cure.

I tend to view it more as an issue of it taking several long years for technology to go from the lab at Harvard to the Store shelf.

[iPPi]

Impressive, even though I do doubt we'll see it anytime soon.

[Xessive]

I tend to view it more as an issue of it taking several long years for technology to go from the lab at Harvard to the Store shelf.

Yeah that is true, it will be a while.. But I mean the DVD9 format ahs been available for a while, but no one (as far as I know) has developed blank DVD9's for consumer use. On the box of my LG DVD Burner it says it can burn Dual-Layer DVD, but there aren't any for sale, atleast not obtainable by normal means.

[Cobra951]

Yeah, they're out there, but too expensive last time I checked.  Unless you absolutely must have more than 4.35 GB on a single disc, you're better off sticking to single-layer DVD-Rs.

Edit: here's some. They have really dropped in price, so what I said is no longer valid.  Wow.  Big drop.  Last time I checked, they were like $10 apiece.  Now it makes more sense, although you still get over twice the GB/dollar with SL discs.

[Xessive]

Nice, thanks Cobra. I'll have to wait until any of the retailers near here get them.