DATA STORAGE BREAKTHROUGH! 0NE PETABYTE DVDs!!

[David G. Smith]

It has been announced that scientists have found a way to increase the storage capacity of standard DVDs from the current, single layer, 4.7GB to up to ONE PETABYTE (1,000 terabytes)! This could be huge for media content creators. I hope this is developed and brought to market very soon.

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/159245-new-optical-laser-can-increase-dvd-storage-up-to-one-petabyte

http://theconversation.com/more-data-storage-heres-how-to-fit-1-000-terabytes-on-a-dvd-15306

And for the super geeks...

http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/130619/ncomms3061/full/ncomms3061.html

 

[Batutta]

Holy crap! If you think piracy is bad now! You could fit every movie you'd ever want on one disc.

 

[David G. Smith]

Holy crap! If you think piracy is bad now! You could fit every movie you'd ever want on one disc.

Yep, and it makes dealing with lottsa 4K raw footage a whole lot less of a big deal. There are a lot of "Ifs" involved for sure, but wow, it is pretty exciting.