Comments on: Next-gen disk capacity 10 times bigger than Blu-ray

By: kevmc5

kevmc5 — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:33:58 +0000

This is perfect for the next gen HDTV (2160p QUAD HDTV) and would provide the space needed for the next of the next gen games consoles i.e ps4 or xbox 129079 or what ever they are goin to call it to sound better than the playstation. It doesnt have to replace blu ray for movies as blu ray movies only take up 12 – 15 GB out of a 50 GB disk. We will see in 2015 what they decide to do.

By: Tone

Tone — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:16:04 +0000

Stephen – this wouldn’t work for audio at all….

FLAC files are just compressed WAV files with no aural data loss. At best, they sound exactly as good as the CD they were ripped from – no better. The information on standard CDs actually takes up more space than FLAC files.

However, audio files can be sampled at a higher rate with a larger bit depth – which would increase the quality. If it was recorded digitally, however, this would only work if the audio was recorded at a higher sampling rate and bit depth than the standard 16 bit 44.1 khz.

A new optical disc format for audio was actually created a few years back – but no one cared. Look up Super Audio CD and/or DVD audio. 5.1 surround – 24 bit, 48 khz I think.

All this hype about FLAC audio is bogus. People need to wise up – it’s just a glorified compression format. It’s just an alternative to mp3s.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:04:09 +0000

These would be perfect for FLAC recordings. Hopefully we’ll see that become more mainstream for audio rather than mp3s.

By: AussieSheila

AussieSheila — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:41:59 +0000

It’s good that there is a disk with lots more storage, but unfortunately people can’t constantly buy new equipment – we’ve just got used to Blue Ray. Glad they understand that, though.

By: Quazatron

Quazatron — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:20:43 +0000

There is no such thing as excess storage. :-)

By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:01:00 +0000

It’s wise of them to recognize this isn’t useful for the consumer market. People who’ve invested in blu-ray aren’t about to change to a new format with no appreciable difference. I can already pause a movie and count people’s hairs with blu-ray resolution. I’ve no need to be able to count their electrons.

By: Binary Assassin

Binary Assassin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:16:18 +0000

I read about this technology a couple years back but it was not by GE, and the storage achieved in a lab environment was 1Tb. Nice to see it advancing though.