Holographic Challenge for DVDs

[hagbard]

http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=14643&hed=Holographic+Challenge+for+DVDs&sector=Industries&subsector=EntertainmentAndMedia

Who's going to tell me its a repost?

[deep]

Yeah this was already posted. On redherring.com.

Interesting read. Will porn and games ever stop driving the entire tech sector?

[ShadowVlican]

Will porn and games ever stop driving the entire tech sector?
any links to some of that HD pr0n? :cheesygri :lol: :twisted:

[Ziggy007]

Yeah this was already posted. On redherring.com.

Interesting read. Will porn and games ever stop driving the entire tech sector?

The best technology always comes from the less the noble purposes. Most of computer technology and communications was driven through military needs....

Nuclear power plants probably wouldn't have been possible without the research used ffrom the nuclear bombs...

etc. etc.

[willy]

Also, fuel cells technology was from submarines and space shuttle. Only they can afford to those kinds of R&D ...

[Nitram]

Here's another link, it talks about the same technology and Maxell. This one says it can go up to 1.6TB

http://www.hiptechblog.com/2005/11/25/maxell-introduces-groundbreaking-holographic-recording-technology

[Cafe_333]

Wow... "Currently, the reader costs a lofty $15,000 each, while one single disc costs $120—clearly unaffordable for the consumer market". They're projecting another 10 years for it to be a viable replacement to blue laser which by then prices will have fallen to make it practical for the end user.