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Pioneer Shows 400GB Blu-ray Disc, Promises 1TB Disc by 2013

Posted 12/02/08 at 02:25:46 PM  by Andy Salisbury

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While the news of the 400GB Pioneer disc isn’t necessarily new, the fact that it’s made it to production is. Just today at the IT Month fair in Taiwan, Pioneer announced that their 400GB Blu-ray disc would be hitting mass production sometime in 2010.

The disc’s ability to pack so much storage is all thanks to a breakthrough in the material used to create reflective layers. According to Pioneer High Fidelity Taiwan, this also allows the pick-up head of the disc to match that of current Blu-ray technology, allowing the discs to be played using current drives.

Pioneer’s plan to release the disc to the public in 2010 is followed swiftly by the release of rewritable discs in 2010-2012. Though, 1TB discs will quickly follow in 2013, according to the current roadmap.

 

 

Image Credit: Jimmy Hsu, Digitimes

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TAGS: media, Blu-ray, pioneer, disc
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avatardata storages

Submitted by devin3627 on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 3:46am

Well... xbox 360 is 8gb DL dvd-disks... that is NO big jump from 4gb dvds... ID software's rage had to remove a lot of content from their game for console gamers.... its a shame. does anylike feel the same. and i wasnt thrilled with the xbox360 and playstation 3 consoles when they came out because frankly i was used to pc gaming which is better but grandly expensive as hell. lol i hope the next game console SSD technology so we dont have to deal with those annoying loading screens. (too much expressing/talking) lol sry

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avatarGames on SSD

Submitted by Talcum X on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 10:10am

 Then the industry would come fill circle, back to the "cartrage" days.  At least they cant be scratched, and I would think that they would be smaller.  Hell, they are already thinking music albums and movies on these things, why not.

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avatarID later came back and said

Submitted by Velcrow on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 8:39am

ID later came back and said a lot of content had NOT been removed, but that they had just melded the content into fewer zones. But yes, it was altered because of console restrictions.

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avatarwhat i would like to know is

Submitted by dazza145 on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 8:42pm

what i would like to know is how long it would take to burn 400gb and with most peoples hdd not even 1TB how could you fill a 1TB disc

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avatarthe girl is hot

Submitted by gothliciouz on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 7:34pm

i like that asian girl better than the 400 GB disc :D

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avatarI'd like to see what the

Submitted by Number Six on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 5:52pm

I'd like to see what the disc looks like...

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avatarIf I become an early adopter...

Submitted by Tekzel on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 2:05pm

Can I get a free asian hottie with my order?  I will return her slightly used but in like new condition if necessary.

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avatarYou can get one assuming all

Submitted by mitpatterson on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 5:18pm

You can get one assuming all but 20% of her body is in like new condition, the other 80% needs to be in like new condition, while the remaining 20% can be in any condition

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