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07-07-2008, 10:33 AM
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| | | 400 GB Blu-ray 16 layers
Per this article, Pioneer is developing the 16 layer 400 GB Blu-ray disc. It seems to be compatible with existing players, but to what degree is unstated.
"Pioneer uses a technique that reduces crosstalk from adjacent layers. The result is a 16-layer optical disc that plays high-quality signals from every layer."
More info 7/13/08.
I tried to highlight the link in blue, but that feature does not seem to be working right now.
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07-07-2008, 11:16 AM
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oh I will be buying one of those.
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07-07-2008, 07:31 PM
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It'd be nice if this ended up being backwards compatible. Hopefully we'll learn more 7-13th.
Heres the PIO press: http://pioneer.jp/press/release193.html |
07-07-2008, 07:53 PM
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Gee. I might get my Blu-ray server back up system one day after all.
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07-07-2008, 07:56 PM
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Man, 400gig discs would sure allow some compression room for movies  . Now we'll all have to by new tv's  |
07-07-2008, 10:19 PM
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A snowflake has a better chance to survive in hell then existing BD players reading anything outside 2 layers on any disc: the OPU is not capable of anything else (and can't be made using software only). Backwards compatibility means new players will be capable of reading old 2-layer BD discs. Just like today's BD players are backwards compatible with DVD, i.e. capable of playing DVDs.
The chance to see those new 400GB discs/players outside engineering samples is even lower than that snowflake chances for success...
And before you ask, yes, it's my opinion...
Diogen.
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07-08-2008, 08:28 AM
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I'm pretty sure they mean current players will be able to read two of those layers, not all 16. And what you said about future players.
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07-08-2008, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by diogen  A snowflake has a better chance to survive in hell then existing BD players reading anything outside 2 layers on any disc: the OPU is not capable of anything else (and can't be made using software only). Backwards compatibility means new players will be capable of reading old 2-layer BD discs. Just like today's BD players are backwards compatible with DVD, i.e. capable of playing DVDs.
The chance to see those new 400GB discs/players outside engineering samples is even lower than that snowflake chances for success...
And before you ask, yes, it's my opinion...
Diogen. | i agree
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07-09-2008, 12:09 AM
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Perhaps BD 3.0. 2 copies of a movie could be put on the BD. One for the old 2.0 and lower BD players, and perhaps deeper color depth and/or higher resolution put in a few of the new layers. New players could read the new layers, and the old player continue to work.
But, I somehow doubt they will ever do anything practical like that. I do not think that the studios will go for 4k resolution with 32 bit color depths/channel.
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07-09-2008, 01:05 AM
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Originally Posted by mike123abc Perhaps BD 3.0. 2 copies of a movie could be put on the BD. One for the old 2.0 and lower BD players, and perhaps deeper color depth and/or higher resolution put in a few of the new layers. New players could read the new layers, and the old player continue to work.
But, I somehow doubt they will ever do anything practical like that. I do not think that the studios will go for 4k resolution with 32 bit color depths/channel. | You said the magic word. Practical, and what you just described probably won't happen for a long time if ever.
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