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Posted by GMAN on 11/15/69 11:55
In article <6r9ud294bikc77uec5f56s3v2463m93pvo@4ax.com>, Phat Bytestard <phatbytestard@getinmahharddrive.org> wrote:
>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.
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> I predicted this months ago.
What? That the HD-DVD player you just bought is already obsolete?
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