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#1 2009-04-27 23:21:26
- JaneFairfax
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Optical disc offers 500GB storage
[align=right]Monday 27 April 2009[/align]
[align=center]Optical disc offers 500GB storage[/align]
A disc that can store 500 gigabytes (GB) of data, equivalent to 100 DVDs, has been unveiled by General Electric.
The micro-holographic disc, which is the same size as existing DVD discs, is aimed at the archive industry.
But the company believes it can eventually be used in the consumer market place and home players.
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#2 2009-04-28 11:52:10
- Ricky
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Re: Optical disc offers 500GB storage
But the company believes it can eventually be used in the consumer market place and home players.
For what?
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
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#3 2009-04-28 11:52:43
- simron
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Re: Optical disc offers 500GB storage
I wonder how much it costs...!
In my opinion, it would be more useful as a flash drive, as they are normally more durable (except for my brother's, which caught on fire when he plugged it in).
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#4 2009-04-28 14:03:48
- bobbym
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Re: Optical disc offers 500GB storage
I guess people will put 100 movies or so on it. Wow, have never seen that happen to a USB drive.
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