1TB Blu-Ray Compatible Optical Disc Announced

red_dragon writes "An article on The Register tells the news of an announcement of a new 1TB optical drive and disc that will be backwardly compatible with Blu-ray discs. The technology, developed by Call/Recall in partnership with Nichia, uses a rhodamine-type dye in a 200+-layer recording medium that gives off light when excited by a laser beam, along with a single fluid-filled lens to read multiple layers by varying the amount of fluid to change the focal length. The technology is designed to work with Nichia's blue-violet laser diodes, which are already used in Blu-ray drives."

Finally....

[Anonymous Coward]

...we can fit your mom on blu-ray!

Re:Typo

[nacturation]

I'd say layer -- having several hundred lasers in a single drive is a sure sign you've jumped the shark.
 

Re:Video uses

[andrewd18]

It's hard to imagine a single movie on a 1 TB disc.

Metal Gear Solid 5 will require three of these.

1TB disc!

[jez9999]

How many libraries of congress could you hold on that?

Just great

[Devin Jeanpierre]

And I thought I wasted my money buying a HD-DVD writer. Now I've gone and wasted my money on an ordinary Blu-Ray writer.

Alright, I lied. I didn't buy either of those. In fact, I'm not going to buy this "rhodamine-type" enhanced backwards-compatible Blu-Ray drive, because that will soon be surpassed by a Super-deluxe backwards compatible "rhadamine-type" enhanced backwards-compatible Blu-Ray drive. To think I thought the race was over.

Re:Finally....

[Anonymous Coward]

And for you, only a DVD is required to store your mental state.

Re: Obligatory

[Anonymous Coward]

I, for one, welcome our new 200+-laser beam toting shark overloards.

Yes!

[geekmansworld]

All right everyone, the old Blu-Ray is obsolete! See how crappy the puny 1080p looks on your pathetic Sony widescreen? It is time for NEW-RAY.

Throw out your entire video library once again and embrace NEW-RAY.

Re:Just great

[morgan_greywolf]

And I thought I wasted my money buying a HD-DVD writer. Now I've gone and wasted my money on an ordinary Blu-Ray writer. Alright, I lied. I didn't buy either of those. In fact, I'm not going to buy this "rhodamine-type" enhanced backwards-compatible Blu-Ray drive, because that will soon be surpassed by a Super-deluxe backwards compatible "rhadamine-type" enhanced backwards-compatible Blu-Ray drive. To think I thought the race was over.

I dunno about you, but I'm still waiting for the dust to settle in the floppy disk wars; hence, I'm still doing my backups on 'datasettes'. BTW--anyone know where I can get these on sale? They're getting mighty expensive these days.

Re:Excited...

[geekmansworld]

Que?

Great, Just Great!

[FurtiveGlancer]

My users don't need MORE justification for never deleting anything!

Re:Video uses

[dreamchaser]

That's nothing. Duke Nukem Forever will take 10 of these disks, all loaded in drives at the same time in order to just play the game.

Re:Yes!

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually it's time for Blu+Ray which is somewhat compatible with Blu-Ray and will play in some Blu-Ray players (just like real Blu-Ray disks). I'm just waiting for the Blu+/-Ray drives now

Re:Typo

[Anonymous Coward]

But, I hardly know her!

Re:Yes!

[Anonymous Coward]

Long term, it sounds more like Screw-Ray

Re:Typo

[flyingsquid]

Personally, I'm just thrilled by the idea of 1 terabyte disks. I can't wait until I can back up my entire porn collection with only 50 or 60 disks.