Posted by GMAN on 04/22/06 00:43

In article <ssqh42tthbd0gssr42nt1nhtb5dih30a4j@4ax.com>, munged@bad.example.com wrote:
>"asj" <kalim1998@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>Air Raid wrote:
>>> meh. so what. I guess Microsoft will use the 200 GB Blu-ray for the
>>> NEXT Xbox after Xbox 360 (not as an add-on to 360).
>>>
>>> Sony on the otherhand, by 2012-2013 or so, for PS4, will probably use
>>> one of the HVD
>>> "Holographic Versatile Disc" standards that have been in development
>>> for a number of years. The various emerging HVD standards, I think, use
>>> a red plus a blue-green laser instead of the blue laser that HD-DVD and
>>> Blu-Ray use.
>>>
>>> should allow TeraByte(s) of storage space.
>>
>>
>>whoaaaa!!!! hold on there! let's not get TOO ahead of ourselves.....
>>
>>it will be quite a few years before those other formats are
>>commercially viable....
>>
>>ps. i told my dad of the 100-200 GB blu-ray disc and he's already
>>asking where to buy one - had to tell him to wait until players come
>>out this summer! i really think one of the selling points of blu-ray
>>will be the awesome storage available in the discs ;-)
>
>Only to folks who don't understand that storage greater than what is
>needed to hold an HD movie is wasted in an _HD_movie_PLAYER_.
>

Its not wasted, it provides more room for season sets in HD.




>If this is the level of sophistication of Sony's customers, I see
>why Sony has so little respect for them. They probably buy books
>based on the number of blank pages after the story.
>
>
>joemooreaterolsdotcom

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