Toshiba Shows 51GB HD-DVD

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So this whole HD disk situation is not going anywhere fast, but it is good to have bigger capacity for storage. <a href="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01/15/tosh_touts_51gb_hddvd/">Mind you, the content distribution should remain on DVD since it is perfectly fine</a>. With HD-DVD at Bluray capacity, it looks like Bluray will get the boot... Just like all previous attempts by Sony.

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Toshiba has submitted a triple-layer, 51GB HD DVD-ROM disc to the standard's overseer in the hope the technology will be adopted as a standard by the end of the year. If approved, it allow the format to exceed the 50GB storage capacity of rival medium Blu-ray Disc. The HD DVD standard currently defines single- and dual-layer discs capable of holding 15GB and 30GB of data, respectively. That's plenty, say the format's supporters, for a movie encoded in 1080p HD resolution and a stack of extras.

The fun part is that current players and writers will not support the new triple layer disk. Too bad for people on the bleeding edge.

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The fact that the already limieted amount of players on the market will be incompatible means that this triple-layer disc will not catch much steam.

It might for Data backup

And the HD-DVD burners on the market probably won't support it either. And either way, BD already has the same marketability.

It all comes down to the porn.

You're right. HD-DVD will win because of that... but it will takes years before the market starts to move away from DVD.

There is no reason yet.

The porn won't make one difference this time. Its not 1986 anymore.

My prediction is that DVD will be around for at least another 10 years