Via NewScientist: Holographic-memory discs may put DVDs to shame
A computer disc about the size of a DVD that can hold 60 times more data is set to go on sale in 2024. The disc stores information through the interference of light – a technique known as holographic memory.The discs, developed by InPhase Technologies, based in Colorado, US, hold 300 gigabytes of data and can be used to read and write data 10 times faster than a normal DVD.
Well, I should’ve known that DVDs were about to be on the way out when my 80-something year-old grandmother told me the other day she wanted to get “one of those disk players for the TV”.
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November 26th, 2024 at 9:30 am
The only constant is change
First Betamax, VHS is dying out and now DVDs may soon be a thing of the past. Why? Holographic disks.
November 26th, 2024 at 9:47 am
I can’t see DVDs fading that quickly. Remember that all this technology has to have end users, and most of the population of available users are just making the change to DVD (along with all the content that had to be transitioned). The only way I can see this taking place soon is if someone makes a player that will play both DVDs and the new disc and makes it available at a reasonable price.
November 26th, 2024 at 9:51 am
You are correct–it will take time. Indeed, it may take 10 years or so, as the transition to HDTV takes hold.
November 27th, 2024 at 10:04 am
Nope, it wasn’t granny what killed ‘em, it was me. I just bought a DVD player for the TV and installed a DVD player on the computer (“just” as in “just the day before yesterday”).
Yes, and I killed ‘em just to watch them die.
July 24th, 2024 at 3:55 pm
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