new next-gen Blu-ray laser

[akrako1]

http://www.examiner.com/x-16352-Japan-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m7d21-Sony-and-Tohoku-University-announce-next-generation-laser-for-disks

Japanese news reports added quantified values to laser announcement. The Yomiuri wrote that new laser is expected to allow for disks to hold 20 times the capacity of the Blu-ray. The newspaper conjectured that if Blu-rays can hold a little over two movies worth of high-quality film, the blue-violet would be able to handle more than 50 titles. Others likened that capacity to not only easily fitting all of Lord of the Rings or Star Wars on one disk, but entire seasons of anime or TV shows like 24.

[TreeTops]

But at $200 a disk maybe if it ever happens.

[yoda313]

This is just like that holographic disc that was supposed to be coming out.

Most of this "next big thing" will never see the light of day in its conceptual format.

I'm sure that aspects of this technology will be used in other applications but I doubt all of these "great ideas" will be fully implemented or accepted - either economically or practically.

[bastik]

One day they are so big that it takes a full year to burn them.

[RabidDog]

"Rings of Saturn" are simply a Giant Blu-ray left for us to playback By an advanced Alien Race ..., which is simply US returning from the future to warn about our impending doom, in 20012 Dec 21st (Mayan Misprint, now resolved)

*starring Ben Affleck as Star Cpt