Sony, Panasonic team up to develop 300GB optical disc

[truebluefan]

Sony and Panasonic aim to provide a big boost to the amount of data that can be housed on a single disc.

The two companies will work together to create a new standard for an optical disc capable of recording at least 300GB of information, Panasonic announced on Monday. The goal is to unveil the actual technology before the end of 2015. The new disc format will be targeted toward professional users, specifically businesses that need to archive huge amounts of data for long-term storage.

Pointing to one potential customer, Sony cited the video production industry, including motion picture houses and broadcasters. But cloud-based data centers could also tap into the high-capacity discs to retain vast amounts of data.

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[Denny Crane]

The NSA would like to order a few billion of these.

 

[truebluefan]

lol ya. I would love to have some of these if they are not really high.

 

[BrianFromWA]

I'm terrified. My grandpa loved his BetaMax, I thought LaserDiscs were the coolest thing (especially the Voyager photos ones), actually bought mini-Disc players and recorders, and 3D TV.

I'm a sucker for picking the wrong horse (great tech vs. poor business case)