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Posted by Alpha on 10/03/71 11:55
"Phat Bytestard" <phatbytestard@getinmahharddrive.org> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 16:58:23 GMT, "FDR"
> <_removespamfilter_fdr@hotmail.com> Gave us:
>
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>>"Air Raid" <AirRaid1500@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:1155443026.849692.323950@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>>
>>> Toshiba invests in holographic disc firm
>>> HVD to be future of HD DVD?
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> It's that compatibility which attracted Toshiba's interest, according
>>> to the company's HD DVD Promotion Division chief, Hiroharu Satoh, in a
>>> statement.
>>>
>>> "HVD has a glittering promise to be a future optical recording media
>>> which promises our customers smooth migration from HD DVD," he added.
>>>
>>> HVD is backed by half a dozen consumer electronics firms, including
>>> Fuji Photo Film, who together formed the HVD Alliance in February this
>>> year.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
> Data storage. Get on eBay and see if you can bid on a clue.
Incomprehensible as usual.
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