First 200GB HVD Disc in 2006

[roma_turok]

Optware to Launch the First 200GB HVD Disc in 2006

Japanese Optware announced that the first generation of its Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) will be available in the U.S market next summer.

The company announced today the establishment of the OPTWARE Corporation of America Inc., a new company based in the US, that will help the promotion of the next generation mass storage system.

Optware America will focus on the introduction of the new HVD products to the US enterprise market. Broadcast and medical industry as well as government organizations will be the potential customers of the new company.

Toshiba, Panasonic, Fuji Photo Film, and Intel have already invested on the development of the HVD technology. The cash will enable Yokohama-based Optoware to finish development of its HVD (Holographic Versatile Disc) technology that enables DVD-sized discs to store up to 1T byte of data (1Gbit/sec data transfer).

The HVD player/recorder machines as well as the first-generation writeable discs that can store 200G bytes will go on sale from next June for the enterprise storage market, and HVD players accompanied by 100G-byte read-only HVD discs should be available for the consumer market in 2008. The new 200GB HVD media will be available for around US $80-100. Moreover, the first HVD drives will be priced at US $30000.




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[honorarybrutha]

The new 200GB HVD media will be available for around US $80-100. Moreover, the first HVD drives will be priced at US $30000.

i might have to wait awhile on these!

[ROF]

$30,000? Does it come with a remote? I think I'll wait until the price is closer to the initial media prices for these devices.

[leebo]

Personally, I won't pay more than $15,000 for a drive just on principal. Besides, the way electronic devices fall in price, they'll be giving these things away for $10,000 before too long!

[GullyFoyle]

Personally, I won't pay more than $15,000 for a drive just on principal. Besides, the way electronic devices fall in price, they'll be giving these things away for $10,000 before too long!

$9,999.99 by Christmas.

[SatStorm]

I would love to see those became affordable. Maybe on a decade or something....

[BetaMaster]

I don't think we will have to wait a decade. I remember when DVD drives cost about $700 each - that was only a few years ago. Now they are a tenth of that price, they are sixteen times faster, and they write to double-layers. A good rule of thumb is to halve the price every 18 months. At that rate, you can pick one up for $100 bucks in about 7 years.