Monday, July 7, 2008
400GB in a disc!
Pioneer's Blu-ray disc hits 400GB across 16-layers
16-layers -- that's how many layers it takes to the hit the center of a 400GB Blu-ray disc, pops. That's 25GB per layer just like those dual-layer 50GB discs available for retail.
Best of all, the technique used by Pioneer is expected to be backward compatible with existing Blu-ray gear since the specs and lenses required for pickup are identical.
The prototype is read-only for the moment but R&D's on it so let's give them some time to work it out.
If you think your 500Gb Harddrive is large, wait till you get your hands on one of these.
