I was shocked today to discover that Big W has Blu-ray movies going for $18.77 each. And not all just B-grade crap either – you can grab Batman Begins, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner for that price.
The guys over at News.com.au have a great photo gallery detailing the process of a Blu-ray disc being made at the new Sony BD factory in Huntingwood, NSW. Definitely worth a gander if you’re looking to kill five minutes today…
[News.com.au; Image: Charlie Brewer]
Problem: Optical media like DVDs eventually die. Solution, according to Barry Lunt: Actually carve data into a disc composed of magic hard “persistent” materials with a laser.
Oklahoma City police caught this woman shoplifting at a local Target with 33 Blu-ray discs shoved down her pants. I just want to know, where was she hiding the player?
GE just announced that they’re fitting 500GB of data on discs the size of DVDs through “holographic storage” technologies. It’s OK to be a bit lost. This clip explains the idea in more tactile terms.
Sheinhardt Wigs GE engineers have announced a breakthrough in the formerly retardedly-expensive field of holographic storage: by making the holograms smaller, they can squeeze 500GB on standard-sized optical discs.
Infinity Storage Media has a hybrid disc with both Blu-ray and DVD data layers. This means that it’ll play on your ancient budget DVD player but it’ll also play in high-def in a Blu-ray player.
While recently unsealed documents suggests that Microsoft knew about Xbox 360 disc scratching problems all along, Microsoft has finally stepped forward to respond to the allegations.
Unsealed documents in a lawsuit over an Xbox 360 that repeatedly scratched a dude’s games reveal that Microsoft knew all about the problem, but rejected all three possible solutions prior to the 360′s launch.
Even though the blank media companies have been touting 200GB Blu-ray discs for years, mostly as part of the psy-ops war against HD-DVD, the largest discs today’s players and burners can handle are dual-layer 50GB blanks that burn at up to 8x. A new 450 mw blue laser diode unveiled by Sanyo, however, will enable players to read and burn four-layer 100GB discs at up to 12x speeds. Actual drives with the new laser are still probably a year or two away. [Computerworld]
