Posted by Phat Bytestard on 11/15/89 11:55

On 12 Aug 2006 21:23:46 -0700, "Air Raid" <AirRaid1500@gmail.com> Gave
us:

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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.

I predicted this months ago.

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