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DVD burners rejoice !

Aryavartha
24-05-2007, 12:08
Pretty soon, you will be able to burn more in less time. :D

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=11&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=23591
Moser Baer India today claimed to have developed the world's first high speed 8x Blu-ray disc (BDR), which is a major breakthrough in next generation optical media formats.

According to an official release issued by the company to the BSE today, the technology has been jointly developed along with recently acquired OM&T, the former R&D subsidiary of Philips.

According to Ratul Puri, executive director, Moser Baer India, "This is a major achievement and it gives us a significant advantage in the fast growing next generation optical format market. Moreover, it vindicates our strategy of acquiring OM&T and adding their capabilities to the strong in-house R&D team to lead the technology development curve in the optical and photovoltaic space. The pioneering work in the Blu-ray format will further enhance our global leadership position."

The development would enable end users to have a faster media that can record a 2-hour transmission equivalent of HD (High Definition) quality data in less than 15 minutes. The next generation formats have a capacity ranging from 15 GB to 50 GB and offer more than five to ten times the data storage capacity of standard DVD media. These next generation formats offer an ideal solution for reliable business backup, including medical and government imaging, photography, videography, as well as high definition video recording, the company release claims.

The breakthrough in the technology development of high speed Blu ray disc format was recently presented at the 4th Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) meeting held in Fukuoka in Japan."
Soleichunn
24-05-2007, 12:36
I'd prefer a HD-DVD burner...
Non Aligned States
24-05-2007, 12:52
I can hear the RIAA now.

"Burning Blu-ray discs is evil! We must control this vital technology so no one but we, the corporations can use them! Think of the artists!"
Soleichunn
24-05-2007, 13:06
Nah, it'd be sony shoving some DRM to stop people copying things (or allows them to see what we are copying).
UpwardThrust
24-05-2007, 13:09
I am really more interested in where this is going for data backup purposes, we have had more then a few vendors trying to sell us on going to and optical storage format rather then tape backups

So far they have been un able to meet our performance requirements
UpwardThrust
24-05-2007, 13:12
Nah, it'd be sony shoving some DRM to stop people copying things (or allows them to see what we are copying).

A software copy protection always has a software solution to it, thats just how it goes there is not much of anything they can do about it in the long run.

And they are limited in the hardware department at least for now so...
Soleichunn
24-05-2007, 13:16
A software copy protection always has a software solution to it, thats just how it goes there is not much of anything they can do about it in the long run.

And they are limited in the hardware department at least for now so...

They'll all have little cameras to watch what you are doing!
Jeruselem
24-05-2007, 13:53
Yeah, but the Blu-Ray drives cost over $1000 (Australian) still ... and the current discs cost $25.
Jesuis
24-05-2007, 13:59
Interesting. I've been staying away from Blu-Ray as I personally don't really expect it to become a very common household item. But maybe this will increase the odds of Blu-Ray becoming the successor to DVD.

I put more faith in HD-DVD improvements currently.
New Manvir
24-05-2007, 14:00
Hey, Does this mean we could see a PS3 price drop any time soon?? :confused:
Ogdens nutgone flake
24-05-2007, 14:06
Pretty soon, you will be able to burn more in less time. :D

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=11&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=23591
Yawn!
Soleichunn
24-05-2007, 14:12
Interesting. I've been staying away from Blu-Ray as I personally don't really expect it to become a very common household item. But maybe this will increase the odds of Blu-Ray becoming the successor to DVD.

I put more faith in HD-DVD improvements currently.

HD-DVD is more useful because the discs are cheaper, have less of a fail rate and (importantly in indutrial class production) it requires far less to switch from DVD to HD-DVD production (to the extent that you can go back and forth between them economically).