Administrator DKT27 Posted July 20, 2010 Administrator Share Posted July 20, 2010 Blu-ray disc capacity just jumped substantially. Sharp, a member of the Blu-ray Association, announced Monday that it's going to be the first optical disc maker to launch a new Blu-ray format that offers 100GB of storage space. The existing dual-layer Blu-ray format offers a cap of 50GB per disc. The new format, called VR-100BR1, will use a new triple-layer standard that enables even more data to be squeezed onto the same amount of physical space. According to Sharp, the VR-100BR1 disc is made based on the new BDXL format specification introduced by the Blu-ray Disc Association in April. This new format allows for a ceiling capacity up to 128GB for Blu-ray write-once discs and 100GB for the rewriteable format. The higher amount of storage space is archived by increasing the allowed layers on a disc to four, up from two layers of existing Blu-ray discs. Sharp's new VR-100BR1 Blu-ray disc will first be available in the write-once format and is capable of holding about 12 hours of terrestrial digital TV broadcasts or 8.6 hours of satellite digital broadcasts. The company says the multilayer Blu-ray discs will be available in Japan later this month and cost around $60 apiece. Together with the new disc, Sharp will also releasing two players this month that can handle the new format--the Aquos BD-HDW700 and BD-HDW70. It's unclear when this new Blu-ray disc and the compatible players will be available. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 i want the dang 500 gb disk they take about 2 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*dcs18 Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 The extended storage capacity is great news. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bashar Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 it's great for movies high-definition but i'm wondering about games are we going to see a game on 50 gigs BD ?that should be the ultimate gaming experience :Dthe format war between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray is officially Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-con Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Not to mention the insane price... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artist Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 The storage always not enough ,people always want more and more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*dcs18 Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 The storage always not enough ,people always want more and more...:hehe: it's no longer trendy to speak in Gigabytes - the mother tongue is now . . . . . . . . . . . Terabytes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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