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« on: July 12, 2007, 05:53:01 PM »
A group of scientists working together with the Institute of Optics and Optical Technologies at the Technical University of Berlin claim to have discovered a way to store 500GB worth of data on DVD-sized discs. The scientists are members of the Microholas Project, coordinated by Dr. Susanna Orlic, which plans to double the storage capacity to 1TB by 2010.

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« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2007, 09:30:21 PM »
Wow, that's pretty impressive.  But I'm afraid to see how much it would cost for a drive needed to do this.  Heh.  Thanks for the link.
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« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2007, 09:51:56 PM »
Mmmm.......500GB...... Never delete anything again.........
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« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2007, 10:11:06 PM »
I agree the cost would probably be a lot initially, what scares me is what Microsoft may do with all that space for a upcoming operating system.  :D

Although a 500GB disc would be one heck of a storage medium for hardware drivers.
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« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2007, 11:47:26 PM »
With so much space, maybe they throw in more error messages!  Heh.


I wonder...will these CD's only be for data?  It would be amazing to have an audio CD with that much storage.  Of course, I have no idea what kind of CD player could handle such a thing.
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« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2007, 01:35:03 AM »
They aren't the kind of discs you use for DVDs or anything, they are Hard Drive Disks (DVD-sized)
It would be crazy to have a 500GB DVD when a high quality movie is like 3-4GB
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« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2007, 02:02:43 AM »
Actually High-definition DVDs (Blu-ray / HD DVD) discs are ranging from 15GB to 50GB now. But still even at 50GB a piece that's 10 movies a disc. :)
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« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2007, 02:11:38 AM »
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that's 10 movies a disc. :)
Or an incredibly high res movie :P
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« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2007, 06:18:20 AM »
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that's 10 movies a disc. :)
Or an incredibly high res movie :P
Holographic, so you could cower in a corner to get away from the flying bullets. ;D
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« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2007, 06:21:22 AM »
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Quote from: Computer Hope Admin on July 13, 2007, 02:02:43 AM
that's 10 movies a disc. :)
Or an incredibly high res movie :P
Holographic, so you could cower in a corner to get away from the flying bullets. ;D

Woah, imagine World War movie like that with bullets phasing through you.
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« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2007, 03:05:46 PM »
i think it'd be an awesome thing to have in your car. have a HMD drive and one HMD with all your music on it, it'll last you a year of travelling to work and back without hearing the same song twice! :P
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« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2007, 03:08:07 PM »
hey wait... if these are clear, AND holograpihc, wouldn't you be able to see the data on them afterwards? :o
omg... that's so awesome.. >.<
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