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Pioneer showcases 16-layer 400 GB optical disc
TG Daily - All 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 . ...
16-layer 400GB optical disc from Pioneer
CrunchGear —
... DigiTimes is reporting on Pioneer’s new layered optical disc. Each of the disc’s 16 layers holds 25GB, for a total storage capacity of 400GB. That’s 8x the storage on a double-layer Blu-Ray disc, which according to my CrunchGear companions holds an awful lot of porn. The new discs use a reflective layer, but should be compatible in existing Blu-Ray players, according to Pioneer. ...
Pioneer shows off giant-capacity 400GB optical disc
DVICE Atom Feed —
... hitting next to nothing, flash drive costs plummeting and online bandwidth skyrocketing, it's looking like optical disc's days are numbered.
However, there will still be a need for long-term archival storage. Perhaps that's where Pioneer's projected 1TB optical drive will be welcomed in 2013. Unless, of course, someone figures out a better way to store data for centuries by then. Five years is a long time — there could be a whole new way to store data by then.
DigiTimes, via Ubergizmo
Pioneer Unveils Its 16-layer 400GB Optical Disc
TechFresh, Consumer Electronics Guide —
... store a huge 400GB worth of data. The Pioneer disk is based on Blu-ray Disc (BD) with a breakthrough in material of reflective layers. The specifications of the pick-up head (PUH) of the disc is the same as those for the PUH of blank BD discs, so the Pioneer discs can be read on BD players that are in the market. Pioneer will release its read-only (ROM) 400GB discs in 2008 to 2010, meanwhile rewritable 400GB discs will make a debut in 2010 to 2012 and the 1TB capacity disc in 2013. [Digitimes] ...
Blu-ray of 400 GB on display
HardMac.com —
Source : DigitimesIn order to show the world the potential evolution of Blu-ray, Pioneer displayed a functional prototype of a Blu-ray reader able to read media containing 16 layers of 25 GB of data for a total of 400 GB.
According to Pioneer, these disks would be readable on current readers (certainly an update of their firmware would at least be needed). Already Pioneer envisages to reach the industrial stage in the next two years. It will be necessary to wait until 2010 to 2012 to have inscribable media and engravers of 400 GB capacity while one ...
Pioneer’s 16-layer 400GB optical disc for Blu-ray blues
Gizmo Watch —
... material however, it uses a similar head to read the disc as the Blu-ray. We don’t know, given the changing trends in the storage devices, how long the optical discs will survive, but there is a possibility that Pioneer sees a bright future in the market, and that’s why the maker’s wish to built better and more powerful 1TB discs by 2013. The optical discs will be available only in ready read-only format until 2010, where after, rewritable discs shall also be available.
DigiTimes :Via: UberGizmo / Dvice
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 off 16-layer 400GB Blu-ray Disc, affirms compatibility with current players
Engadget HD —
Filed under: Blu-ray, Pioneer
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 ...
New 400GB Optical Disc Readable in Blu-Ray Players, Pioneer Says [Blu-Ray]
Gizmodo —
If true, I love this: According to Pioneer, this 16-layer 400GB optical disc can be read in any normal Blu-ray player. And it's only the beginning, because they have planned 1TB for 2013. 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. The specifications of the pick-up head (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 BD players. How is this possible, you ask? I don't know for sure. In ...
Pioneer to launch 16 layer 400 GB Blu-ray disc
PR News: —
... in the material of reflective layers. The specs of the pick-up-head is the same as that on a standard Blu-ray disc, which means that the discs can be read in any Pioneer Blu-rar player.
The Pioneer 16-layer 400GB optical disc was on show at the IT Month fair in Taipei, and it certainly got people talking. There are no details as to when the new 16 layer 400 GB Blu-ray disc will be launched, but once it does Pioneer’s rival will be looking to better them.
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Pioneer Shows 16-layer 400GB Optical Disc
Wired: Gadget Lab —
Storage is getting bigger, better and badder. Pioneer is showing a 16-layer 400GB Blu-ray read only optical disc at an ongoing fair in Taipei.
Each layer of the disc will have a 25GB capacity. The company has already shown a 16-layer Blu-ray disc player in the past and has said these latest discs will be compatible will all existing Blu-ray players.
Pioneer plans to have these read-only discs available by 2010, rewritable discs between 2010 and 2012 and a 1 TB disc in 2013.
[via Digitimes]
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Pioneer shows off with 400GB Blu-ray disc, promises 1TB for 2013
Obsessable News Feed —
... Pioneer made an appearance at this year's IT Month Fair in Taipei, where it exhibited a prototype of a 16-layer Blu-ray disc that can store 400GB of data, about eight times as much as the discs on sale today. According to Digitimes, the invention was possible because of a breakthrough in material of reflective layers. The most impressive bit: Pioneer says it can be read by any old Blu-ray player, so no new hardware would be required. However, it's a fair guess that the discs themselves would be very expensive. The company expects to begin selling read-only discs in 2010, ...
Pioneer's 400GB Blu-ray disc will work in current players
Joystiq [PlayStation] —
Filed under: Blu-ray
When unveiled earlier this year, there was some debate about whether or not Pioneer's new 400GB Blu-ray disc would work on currently players. DIGITIMES is reporting that the new 16-layer discs will work on current Blu-ray players, which includes the PS3. These super high ...
Pioneer 16-layer 400GB Optical Disc
iTech News Net —
Pioneer shows the world its newly developed 16-layer optical disc that offers up to 400GB storage capacity. Pioneer’s new multi-layer disc is based on the Blu-ray disc but with a new material of reflective layers of Dielectric.
Pioneer said that the new disc and be read on current Blu-ray players as the specifications of the pick-up head (PUH) of the disc is the same as those for the PUH of blank BD discs.
According to Pioneer’s internal roadmap, its super multi-layer technology development is read-only (ROM) discs in 2008-2010, rewritable discs in 2010-2012 and 1TB (1,000GB) disc in ...
Sony PS3 Now Supports Pioneer 400GB Blu-ray Discs
PR News: —
We reported in a post yesterday that Pioneer were working on a 400GB Blu-ray disc, and that it will be compatible with all Blu-rays players. We forgot to mention that it will also work on your Sony PS3, makes sense as Sony are the ones who developed the Blu-ray format.
Pioneer showed the world the new 16-layer Blu-ray discs earlier this year, but the new discs will not likely be consumer ready until 2010, not that far off then. The idea of having a disc that could hold so much data certainly gets us thinking of the possibilities.
The new 400GB Blu-ray will hold up to 40x the amount of data of an Xbox 360 game, ...
Super-size Three: PS3 can read Pioneer's 16-layer, 400GB Blu-ray Discs
Joystiq —
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Business
16 layers. 400 giga ... bites? Sounds like the fast food burrito equivalent of the Death Star. Ah, but it's not. It's a Blu-ray Disc, and those are gigabytes. So, this massive (current dual-layer BDs hold 50GB), entrancingly translucent ...
Pioneer showcases 16-layer 400GB Blu-ray optical disc
D' Technology Weblog —
Pioneer is exhibiting its super multi-layer read-only optical disc which features 16 separate layers on a single side with 25GB storage capacity on each layer for a total capacity of 400GB 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. The specifications of the pick-up head (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 BD players, the company said.
According ...
