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Posted by FDR on 11/14/03 11:55
"Air Raid" <AirRaid1500@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Toshiba invests in holographic disc firm
> HVD to be future of HD DVD?
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> Toshiba has invested in Optware, the company developing a holographic
> optical disc claimed to offer significantly greater storage capacity
> than next-generation formats like Toshiba's own, HD DVD.
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> Toshiba was one of four companies who together pumped $14m into Optware
> earlier this month. The other investors are Japanese banks and venture
> capital companies.
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> Optware's proposed Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) is the same size as
> a DVD but holds more than 1TB of information - more than 200 times the
> capacity of a typical DVD. HVD is faster too, Optware claims, reading
> data at 1Gbps, 40 times DVD's throughput.
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> HVD uses a colinear system - essentially the reference and read laser
> beams are projected along the same axis rather than at an angle through
> a single objective lens. The upshot is a much simpler system that's
> better suited to disc media, is smaller and more compatible with DVD
> and CD.
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> It's that compatibility which attracted Toshiba's interest, according
> to the company's HD DVD Promotion Division chief, Hiroharu Satoh, in a
> statement.
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> "HVD has a glittering promise to be a future optical recording media
> which promises our customers smooth migration from HD DVD," he added.
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> HVD is backed by half a dozen consumer electronics firms, including
> Fuji Photo Film, who together formed the HVD Alliance in February this
> year.
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> The Alliance, working with Europe-based standards-defining body ECMA,
> is developing specifications for HVD-ROM and HVD-RW products with a
> view to submitting completed specifications to the ISO by the end of
> next year.
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/19/toshiba_optware_investment/
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I've seen an article in a technical magazine about the two that came up with
this technology. Seemed to me to be more of a niche thing though.
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