Nero

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3641

Couldn't they have waited a little longer for this technology. If they can get a player that works with this I'm all over it.

Nimbus

That would be great for TV shows, but wouldn't it be a little overkill for movies?
Why pay $120 for a disc your only going to use a small portion of?

Augustes

The drive is only $15,000 - wow and people are bitching about $500 - I just don't think this would have gone over very well.

Nero

The cost could have easily come down had everyone worked on this and not gone on their separate ways. This would have brought picture quality and sound quality that would be unsurpassed.

If they waited a little longer and developed this technology it could easily reach a more acceptable price range.

redford

At the moment these are being marketed solely for data storage on a mass scale, like hospitals who have to store full x-ray scans and such.

Nimbus

The thing is, while HD and BR **** around and keep their heads up their asses with this silly little format war, these guys can just quietly go about their business and before you know it, they will have left both hd and br in the dust. I wouldn’t count them out just yet. Remember, a lot of people (majority) were saying HD was pretty much dead in the water to BR, and now look what is happening. I mean sure, the price is going to keep in the shadows for a while, but if it shows to be a viable option, you never know.

Augustes

I think the HD/BD situation showed pretty clearly that these camps were never going to work together, regardless of the tech involved.

Nero

Sony needs the PS3 to come out this year, not four or five years from now or whenever this thing becomes affordable. Given the cyclical nature of the video games industry, they might not be in such a good position to push a format next time around.

redford

Unless there's 2K or 4K display devices being made, I don't see this entering the area of movies.

Now... for data backups...

Nimbus

Unless they market it to studios, it won't be an option. And considering all the studios are spending mucho dineros on HD, BD, or both, I doubt they would support another format anytime soon.