Pioneer Increases Disc Size to 500GB

About a month ago, Pioneer announced that they had developed a 400GB Blu-ray Disc. Not satisfied that they had exhausted all avenues, they continued developed and found a way to add four additional layers, bringing the total disc capacity to 500GB. As with the 400GB version, the disc is compatible with current Blu-ray drives found in computers, players, and recorders. Brendan Sheridan, Pioneer Multimedia Division Product Manager, commented, "While Blu-ray discs (BD), offering both 25GB and 50GB, are sufficient for users' current demands, we envision the need for a technology that can support far greater capacities as HD streaming in particular becomes commonplace and users build larger files of digital content. The multi-layered method is compatible with Blu-ray devices providing a long term future for the technology and is more easily produced when compared to competing technologies such as holographic storage." Currently the disc only exists as an experiment, but Pioneer is working with the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) to make the method a standard of the format. It is expected - if approved - it will take between two and four years for the discs to hit the open market.
Source: Trusted Reviews | Permalink	Relevant for:

CptGreedle  » Aug 05, 2008
WOW! That single disc is as big as my entire hard drive! That is amazing! And something HD DVD never could have done. And only 2 to 4 years away, this is technology we will see sooner than I thought.

bypass  » Aug 05, 2008
/guffaw

Nighthawk  » Aug 05, 2008
Hello, BD500.

haushausman  » Aug 05, 2008
GOOOO!!!!!!!! that's truly amazing.. glad the better technology won this time around

tilallr1  » Aug 05, 2008
I hope supporters for digital downloads are reading this. Blu-ray is hear to stay people, forever! Or a really, really, really long time.

bluflu  » Aug 05, 2008
Blu-ray is just begining to roll. I'm glad consumers didn't get stuck with that now dead and obsolete format.

visual0ne  » Aug 05, 2008
TAKE THAT HD-DVD!!!! Amazing, can't wait to start buying television series seasons on one BD500! Ooooh, wonder if old George will put the entire Star Wars anthology on one disk??? LOL greedy mo-fo better go ahead and release it while he can still charge by the disk. Lmao

dtrush  » Aug 05, 2008
That's unbelievable. Especially since it's compatible with the current hardware.

bigneen004  » Aug 05, 2008
GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY! 500GB!

Mote  » Aug 05, 2008
Uncompressed HD!

dgator783  » Aug 05, 2008
entire movie collections......entire Tv Show seasons......all on one disc....sweet!......

Scooby Blu  » Aug 05, 2008
That is just bad ass ! Two to four years ? That's right around the corner ! Imagine what could be done when this comes out !

CYMBOL  » Aug 05, 2008
So glad Blu-ray won the format war. Everything, all on one disc - just fantastic.

prerich  » Aug 05, 2008
This is a great boone for BD and the computing world especially ! We are watching this very closely! But as far as posting comments about HD-DVD (which is no longer in development at all ) - Let the dead R.I.P. it's not even an issue anymore. Let's make sure that we are up to task to completely enjoy this medium, and maintain equipment that truly shows what it can do hmmmm?

Steelmaker  » Aug 05, 2008
Damn! With that you could have the entire director's cut version of the Lord of the Rings trilogy on one disk!

EvolutionCherry  » Aug 05, 2008
500GB disc and PS3 compatible!! This is so made of win!

Lucy Diamond  » Aug 05, 2008
HO-LEEEEE CRAP!!!!

Michael.Schinke  » Aug 05, 2008
Are you kidding me? 500GB on one disc? I really hope the home video companies will embrace this for large projects and traditional multi disc presentations. Hell, this paves the way for home 2K presentations as well. BONUS!

Heart&Soul  » Aug 05, 2008
I wonder what a movie will cost on one of those.

dadkins  » Aug 05, 2008
Hmmm... 10 BDs on a single disc? COMPLETE system backup on a single disc? Oh HELL YES!

Add comment