Posted by Phat Bytestard on 08/16/06 04:43

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:40:56 GMT, "FDR"
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>"Phat Bytestard" <phatbytestard@getinmahharddrive.org> wrote in message
>news:eq6vd2dncmgjhcj5t1qgjs4nmaj2sq4apg@4ax.com...
>> 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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> It's that compatibility which attracted Toshiba's interest, according
>>>> to the company's HD DVD Promotion Division chief, Hiroharu Satoh, in a
>>>> statement.
>>>>
>>>> "HVD has a glittering promise to be a future optical recording media
>>>> which promises our customers smooth migration from HD DVD," he added.
>>>>
>>>> HVD is backed by half a dozen consumer electronics firms, including
>>>> Fuji Photo Film, who together formed the HVD Alliance in February this
>>>> year.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>> Data storage. Get on eBay and see if you can bid on a clue.
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>No really? Really? Wow, really? You must have one of them in your
>computer. And all your friends. Wow, yeah, thay are really ubiquitous.
>I've seen them at Best Buy and Walmart.
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>Fucking idiot.
>
Nice sig, retard boy. Bwuahahahahahah!

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