Posted by Andrew Reilly on 12/23/45 11:28

On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 17:33:39 -0700, Radium wrote:
> I fantasize about a different type of DVD technology.
[snip]
>
> I would like to use 3 dimensions of pixels -- for width, height, and
> depth. 1,000,000 pixels for width, 10,000,000 pixels for height, and
> 1,000,000,000 pixels for depth. There should be 100,000,000 bits per
> pixel.
>
> The sample rate should be slow enough to get a bit rate of 1 bit per
> second.
[snip]
> In a minute this would result in 60 bits used in the disc. 3600 bits in
> an hour.
>
> This would be perfect for virtual-reality.
>
> I like my discs to be able to store exactly 1 GB each. The storage
> should be one-sided. Store on one side of the disc. Label the other
> side.
>
> Any assistance would be appreciated.

1 GB/disk (not much more than current CD, which gets 0.7GB) with a read
speed of 3600 bits/hour will take 254 years per disk to read. Suggest you
invest in cryogenic hibernation to make it to the end of the show.

--
Andrew

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