| Subject: | Re: Sharp announces an alternative to Hi-MD! |
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| From: | Walter Knapp <> |
| Date: | Sat, 03 Apr 2004 18:46:54 -0500 |
From: "oryoki2000" <> > > Aaron Ximm wrote: > >>> Sharp announced MD+(tm)... blue-laser technology ... >>> nearly 3.4GB on a small disk ...April Fool's! > > > I was ready to believe this story! Good job! This sort of product is > technically feasible, but unlikely until full size Blu-Ray DVD > recorders are shipping. Maybe in 18 months we'll see this for real. The issue that's going to make this hard is power needs. It's my understanding that those systems are pretty power hungry. There is also the thing of just how many eggs do you want in your basket. 3.4 GB, if real, would be a lot to loose, or to process at one time. Walt ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ |
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