140 Gb cds!! The beginning of the end for dvd as we know it?

[bilbogod]

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40053,00.html

[Gargoyle]

The correct (at least it is now) address is
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,1282,40053,00.html

[TIbrO]

CD didn't die when DVD came out, so no... DVD is going to be around for quite a while, I think. CDs are way too in demand to die out, because of music and computer discs. DVD is used for movies, and Playstation 2 games so those aren't going anywhere. For HDTV movies, though, that's what FMDs are going to be good for.

[frogster]

I've been hearing about this great technology for a while. I think Sefy posted something about it a while back.

If this comes out any time soon and is at a reasonable price, it would dominate the market.

[Robbins1940]

quote"DVD is going to be around for quite a while"

Thats what they said about laserdisc when dvd was released and where is laserdisc now?

David

[mpack]

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Thats what they said about laserdisc when dvd was released and where is laserdisc now?
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That isn't really a valid comparison IMHO. Laserdisk never really took off in the first place, so naturally it was easy to kill off.

VHS is a better comparison - and is very much still with us.

[d4n13l]

I thought that CD was meant to kill 12"...
Who cares anyway?
If it takes then it takes off... It wont be any time in the near future though - and affordable it aint.

[nfl2k2]

imagine trying to burn a 140 gig cd at 16x

[Sefy]

If you ever read my long running topic, you would notice that i've mentioned the 140gb discs long long long time ago, called FMD-ROM, and nobody got excited back then either, maybe when if finally comes out, then people's mouth will drop open and they will go, mmm... how many minutes I can put on this using VCD