Maxell 300GB holographic discs 'late 2006'

[roma_turok]

Maxell will ship its first holographic storage system late next year, the company has pledged.

The storage specialist will initially offer a removable system based on 300GB media and capable of transfering data at a rate of 20MBps, Maxell said. However, the company said the technology, designed by InPhase Technologies, is capable of achieving 1.6TB per disk - and that's uncompressed capacity - with a 120MBps bandwidth.

InPhase was founded in December 2000 by Lucent, and has been working on holographic storage - in which data is encoded as a 3D pattern written and read by laser beam - ever since. In addition to the colossal storage capacity, InPhase promises a data archive life of over 50 years, not much different to the longevity claimed by most optical media makers - a CD-RW for instance will typically retain data for 20-100 years, depending on which manufacturer you speak to.

InPhase isn't the only company promoting holographic storage. Japan's Optware - which in July won $14m in funding from four companies, one of which was Toshiba; it also has backing from Intel Capital - is working on a DVD-sized holographic disc is says will hold more than 1TB of data with a throughput of 1Gbps.

The format is dubbed HVD - Holographic Versatile Disc - and Optware is already pushing a 200GB HVD-RW disc type through the HVD Alliance, an organisation supported by Optware, Fuji Photo and half-a-dozen or so Japanese chemicals companies.



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[FulciLives]

At first it will work as it will be MADE IN JAPAN.

Once they earn a good name at making this MEDIA they will switch to something that is the "same" but MADE IN TAIWAN and that will make them worthless.

I spit on Maxell for giving up their MADE IN JAPAN DVD-R media.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[lordsmurf]

Maxell still makes DVD-R and DVD+R in Japan.

[FulciLives]

Maxell still makes DVD-R and DVD+R in Japan.

Try and find me a DVD-R they make from Japan.

Every stinking pack I look at says MADE IN TAIWAN.

So much so that I have given up hope but I was in a quick fix and was at WALMART a week ago. I must have looked at every MAXELL DVD-R package. I looked at 15 packs, 25 packs, 10-packs in jewel cases. None of them said MADE IN JAPAN.

I haven't seen any FUJI packs of DVD-R that say MADE IN JAPAN for a long time other than those multi-colored things at STAPLES.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[ebenton]

Is there any way that Hollywood will *NOT* get involved in this with some kind of DRM crap?

[yoda313]

I'll believe it when I see it with these MEGA dvds

[SilverBlade]

this would only be useful if it can be written only like a hard drive, over time. Instead of all at once like a CD-R. I doubt very many people would have 300 GB of information stored up to record all at once. I also hope this can be re-written onto as well.

[SilverBlade]

Maxell still makes DVD-R and DVD+R in Japan.

Point me where to find them in Canada, as Futureshop and Best Buy all have 'Made in Taiwan' media. I put them down and pray that one day Made In Japan will return.

[doppletwo]

Well it looks like HDdvd and BlurayDVD might be stillborn.

[lenti_75]

adios hd and blue ray

[Kingnog]

Maxell will ship its first holographic storage system late next year, the company has pledged.

If all goes well, possibly. I doubt it will be 'available' before 2007, and if so it will most likely cost more than a 200gb hard drive (considering the prices in HD's seem to be dropping quickly, lately)

[Tom Saurus]

It is hard to imagine what one could do with type of technology. I would think that whole TV Series could be put on just one or two discs. It boggles the mind.

[rumplestiltskin]

Now that H264 is the standard, what use is BlueRay and HDdvd? The only way that Hollywood could fill one of these discs is to provide the "making of" the movie and, in addition, the "making of" all the actors and actresses and crew including their sonograms in utero.

[mazinz]

Maxell still makes DVD-R and DVD+R in Japan.

Try and find me a DVD-R they make from Japan.

Every stinking pack I look at says MADE IN TAIWAN.

So much so that I have given up hope but I was in a quick fix and was at WALMART a week ago. I must have looked at every MAXELL DVD-R package. I looked at 15 packs, 25 packs, 10-packs in jewel cases. None of them said MADE IN JAPAN.

I haven't seen any FUJI packs of DVD-R that say MADE IN JAPAN for a long time other than those multi-colored things at STAPLES.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

You should try a Sears store. They are/still have been the only place I can find maxell spindles that are made in Japan. I just purchased more of them a few days ago.

[vhelp]

OT here..

I thought K-Mart bought out Sears ??
I see they still have commericals running.

-vhelp 3654

[mazinz]

OT here..

I thought K-Mart bought out Sears ??
I see they still have commericals running.

-vhelp 3654

yes they did, but each still functions on its own. I should also see if Kmart sells made in Japan maxells as well

[Seeker47]

Maxell still makes DVD-R and DVD+R in Japan.

Try and find me a DVD-R they make from Japan.

Every stinking pack I look at says MADE IN TAIWAN.

Office Depot has had them -- very few & far between, always sell out fast.

So much so that I have given up hope but I was in a quick fix and was at WALMART a week ago. I must have looked at every MAXELL DVD-R package. I looked at 15 packs, 25 packs, 10-packs in jewel cases. None of them said MADE IN JAPAN.

I haven't seen any FUJI packs of DVD-R that say MADE IN JAPAN for a long time other than those multi-colored things at STAPLES.

Best Buy has sometimes had 50-spindles of the non-multi-colored MIJ Fujis, but you have to hunt around way too much to dig them out. WALMART is spawn of the devil ! I wouldn't set foot in there.

[sullen]

The MIJ Fuji's at Best Buy are always +R, he's talking about -R.

[FulciLives]

The MIJ Fuji's at Best Buy are always +R, he's talking about -R.

Yuppers.

The 10 packs were always Taiyo Yuden until somewhat recently.

In the old days you used to be able to find a 50 pack here or there that was Taiyo Yuden but not in a long time.

Never saw a 100 pack of Taiyo Yuden.

It ain't the end of the world ... I can always order from RIMA.COM

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[ice-berg]

Maxell might still be producing in Japan, but it seems they are not shipping as much to N. America.
I used to remember searching through spindles and easily find MIJ. I dont even bother now going through 100's of spindles. The only MIJ Maxell and Fuji's that im finding lately is the Maxell printables in a 10pack and Fuji's 12 pack in dvd jewel cases (but they are pricey).

[Seeker47]

The MIJ Fuji's at Best Buy are always +R, he's talking about -R.

I purchased a couple 50 spindles of the -R MIJs there a few months ago. But they were scarce then, and getting scarcer. You had to wonder whether it was worth driving there, then spending a half hour or more pulling every spindle off the shelf to check it. (The sales clerks, when there are any around, give you some strange looks.) A couple of BBs I went to also had a significant area for "overflow" stock of the media, and this could be in a different part of the store. But ice-berg is probably correct: whatever the MIJ presence there still is on store shelves, it continues to diminish. At this rate, we can forget about it soon enough.

Having said that, I found a couple spindles of the Fuji tri-color MIJs at a Staples a couple weeks ago, long after I assumed they were all gone. And I'm curious to check out Sears, after the comment by lordsmurf. The only Sears near me is really low-end, even by Sears standards, so I'm amazed whenever they have some item of interest.

[yoda313]

A couple of BBs I went to also had a significant area for "overflow" stock of the media, and this could be in a different part of the store.

Most often they have extra blanks in the row where the customer service area is. And occosionally in the main line for the regular checkout FYI. Plus there may be some near the regular dvd players. Never hurts to look in other areas

[Captain315]

Sears bought out K-Mart, not the other way around.

[GullyFoyle]

Sears bought out K-Mart, not the other way around.

http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/17/news/fortune500/sears_kmart/
The Kmart-Sears deal
Two of nation's oldest retailers set $11B merger. Will lower prices, better merchandise follow?
November 17, 2004: 6:13 PM EST
By Parija Bhatnagar, CNN/Money staff writer

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Kmart is buying Sears, Roebuck & Co. for $11 billion in a deal that will marry two of the nation's oldest retailers that had trouble keeping up with the changes in American culture around them.

The deal, announced Wednesday morning, will create the third-largest retailer in the country. The new company, known as Sears Holdings, will be based at Sears headquarters outside Chicago.

[mazinz]

well either way Sears still sells Maxell made in Japan discs. I also find it interesting how off original topic this post has become.

[pchan]

No corporation can survive with razor thin margin. All Japanese factories will need to be retooled to make blueray or HD DVD media. Outsource those DVD media to Taiwan and eventually to any third world countries.

Basic tanet of the learning curve, volume increases, price drops ... sometimes like brick. Companies have no other choice except to look for cheaper place to make their goods.

[d_unbeliever]

still not big enough for my pr0n collections

[SatStorm]

I'm a very lucky b.......d!
Taiyo Yuden import centre for the South East Europe, located 1 km from my house....

Yammi Made in Japan DVD-Rs always for me ....

[ebenton]

Looks like Maxell will be demonstrating soon. Hopefully, the Hollywood wankers will ignore this media and not want to put Draconian DRM software on it.

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