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techPowerUp!: Pioneer Showcases Super Multi-Layer Disc
DV Hardware: Pioneer shows 16-layer 400GB optical disc
Engadget: Pioneer shows off 16-layer 400GB Blu-ray Disc, affirms compatibility with current players
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JustJosh A 400GB optical disk? DAMN!
Pioneer showcases 16-layer 400 GB optical disc
TG Daily - Hardware News —
Pioneer is exhibiting its super multi-layer read-only optical disc which features 16 separate layers on a single side with 25 GB storage capacity on each layer for a total capacity of 400 GB at the IT Month fair taking place in Taipei. The technology of the super multi-layer read-only disc is based on Blu-ray Disc (BD) with a breakthrough in material of reflective layers, according to Pioneer High Fidelity Taiwan. More here at Digitimes . ...
Pioneer to be the next big optical storage leader
TweakTown's News RSS Feed —
... The folks at Digitimes report that Pioneer has something very impressive to show at the IT Month fair currently taking place in Taipei, a new super multi-layer optical disc that's capable of holding a hell of a lot more 25GB layers than Blu-ray's two; no less than 16 of them. If all 16x25GB layers were to be filled, that's 400GB of data. Although the technology behind this super multi-layer read-only disc is based on Blu-ray, the material of reflective layers is dielectric (as opposed to BD's metallic layers) which is where the biggest advancement lies. The best thing about ...
Pioneer Showcases Super Multi-Layer Disc
techPowerUp! —
... (PUH) of the disc is the same as those for the PUH of blank BD discs, and therefore the Pioneer discs can be read on any of the Blu-ray disc players in production, the company said. In its current form, the media is in a read-only (burn/press once) format, and could reach production anywhere between 2008 and 2010, with re-writable media slated for 2010~2012, and even denser 1 TB discs in 2013, according to the company's internal roadmaps.
Source: DigiTimes
Pioneer shows 16-layer 400GB optical disc
DV Hardware —
Pioneer showed off its super multi-layer optical disc at the IT Month fair in Taipei. This new optical disc has 16 layers with 25GB storage capacity on each layer, resulting in a total capacity of 400GB. For comparison, a dual-layer Blu-ray disc offers a storage capacity of only 50GB. ...
Pioneer shows off 16-layer 400GB Blu-ray Disc, affirms compatibility with current players
Engadget —
When Pioneer first introduced its unicorn-like 16-layer 400GB Blu-ray Disc, we weren't sure if the thing would make it beyond the drawing board, let alone be compatible with existing BD decks. Over at the IT Month Fair in Taipei, Pioneer showed up to showcase the capacious disc, and better still, a ...
Pioneer Shows 400GB Blu-ray Disc, Promises 1TB Disc by 2013
Maximum PC —
While the news of the 400GB Pioneer disc isn’t necessarily new, the fact that it’s made it to production is. Just today at the IT Month fair in Taiwan, Pioneer announced that their 400GB Blu-ray disc would be hitting mass production sometime in 2010. The disc’s ability to pack so much storage is all thanks to a breakthrough in the material used to create reflective layers. According to Pioneer High Fidelity Taiwan, this also allows the pick-up head of the disc to match that of current Blu-ray technology, allowing the discs to be played using current drives. Pioneer’s plan to release the disc to the public in 2010 is ...
