Posted by Phat Bytestard on 11/15/79 11:55

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...
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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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Data storage. Get on eBay and see if you can bid on a clue.

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