10 layer HD discs in the works
Posted on 13/01/07 17:23 by crustyteacup                             
10 layer HD discs in the works

Following the article posted earlier about possible triple HD-DVD discs by Verbatim comes this news found over at DailyTech.

Behind closed doors at CES, Ritek were able to say that they have indeed developed triple and quad layer HD discs, with the possiblity of up to 10 layers being placed on a single side of either a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD disc in the future.

This is a significant improvement in the amount of data that could be placed on 1 disc. For HD-DVD this would be 150GB, and for Blu-Ray 250GB. Ritek confirmed however that problems lie with the lasers as there are unable to support so many layers.

This may never become a reality to consumers. And besides if holographic discs were to make an appearance soon, then these would be obsolete as capacities of 1TB have been announced for those.

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By Quema34, Saturday 13 January 2007 21:43
Quema34Why would the industry even consider so many layers? Right now it's hard to find a consistent recording quality just on two layers (at least on consumer-level burners). If holographic disks do indeed 'materialize' with that 1 TB capacity and can be developed with far less trouble than the multiple layer approach, that would be the clear way to go.
By jwill427, Sunday 14 January 2007 00:12
jwill427hahahahahahahhahahahahahaha...RITEK cant even make decent 2 layer dvds and the want to make 3, 4 and TEN layer HD disks!!???!!! That sh*t just made my day loveit
By DBE, Sunday 14 January 2007 03:23
^ single layer dvds too
By cd pirate, Sunday 14 January 2007 06:45
cd pirateHaha, I certainly won't ever be buying any media made by ritek for quite some time. They are going to have to make huge efforts to redeem themselves after the absolute disaster they created called the RitekG05. puke
By Discman, Sunday 14 January 2007 13:13
Cd Pirate - Tell me about it! The G03's were good and the G04's first batch were okay, but after that they were crap. I use TY now as they are alot cheaper lately and first class for quality.
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