Sony's Blue-Violet Laser the Future Blu-ray? 260
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from the ever-more-bits dept.
from the ever-more-bits dept.
JoshuaInNippon writes "Japanese researchers from Sony and Tohoku University announced the development of a 'blue-violet ultrafast pulsed semiconductor laser,' which Sony is aiming to use for optical disks. The new technology, with 'a laser wavelength of 405 nanometers in the blue-violet region' and a power out put 'more than a hundred times the world's highest output value for conventional blue-violet pulse semiconductor lasers,' is believed to be capable of holding more than 20 times the information of current Blu-ray technology, while retaining a practical size. Japanese news reports have speculated that one blue-violet disk could be capable of holding more than 50 high-quality movie titles, easily fitting entire seasons of popular TV shows like 24. When the technology may hit markets was not indicated."
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The only reason HD-DVD didn't take off was Not enough repeated letters in the name to be catchy. This time they'll try HHDVVDDBVD.
*props to RvB
Why the plug for "24?" (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Oh no. (Score:2, Funny)
In Soviet Russia, shark quote lets you die!
Re:Oh no. (Score:4, Funny)
The world looks mighty good to me,
'Cause goatse holes are all I see.
Whatever it is I think I see,
becomes a goatse hole to me
Goatse hole how I love your anusy gue,
Goatse hole I think I'm in love with you
Whatever it is I think I see,
becomes a goatse hole to me.
Re:Oh no. (Score:1, Funny)
In Soviet Russia, shark quotes you.
Re:Oh no. (Score:3, Funny)
You, troll, have ruined the tootsie roll song forever. FOREVER. ):
Re:Oh no. (Score:5, Funny)
In 2005 there was some story that Steve Ballmer threw a chair. Every day since then somebody has made a +5 Funny post referring to it. According to Slashdot, if Steve hits a red light while driving to work, he'll throw a chair, and the idea of that is really really really funny.
If only (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh no. (Score:5, Funny)
According to Slashdot, if Steve hits a red light while driving to work, he'll throw a chair, and the idea of that is really really really funny.
Well... I personally think it is pretty funny that Steve Ballmer keeps a chair in the trunk of his car to throw out into traffic whenever he hits a red light but hey maybe I'm a bit odd...
Re:Sorry, I'm not buying the capacity claims. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yet Another Format War on the Way... (Score:5, Funny)
An equally-large problem will be finding "50 high-quality movies" from the current crop.
Re:Oh no. (Score:1, Funny)
Lasers were red, now they are blue.
I want my shark to vaporize you!
Uwe Boll vs. Lasers (Score:2, Funny)