GE Succesfully Demonstrates 500GB Holographic Disc

by Nick Breckon, Apr 27, 2009 12:45pm PDT

General Electric today announced that it has made a breakthrough in holographic disc technology that could lead to affordable 500GB optical discs that measure the size of traditional DVDs.

Holographic disc technology is capable of dwarfing traditional optical media due to its density. The discs make use of microscopic holograms encoded with light information, which are then accessed by a laser.

While several tech companies have been developing holographic discs for years, GE's successful demonstration is significant because its technology uses smaller, less complex holograms, according to the New York Times.

GE expects its holographic disc could make it to mass production in 2011 or 2012, and cost less than 10 cents per gigabyte.

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By: cruncht1me x Show Full Post

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Id rather buy a 500 gig external HDD for cheaper than that. Plus it would be more reliable then a flimsy disc.

Apr 27, 2009 1:17pm PDT

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Id rather buy a 500 gig external HDD for cheaper than that. Plus it would be more reliable then a flimsy... : cruncht1me
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  Way to miss the point. : ZaldronGG
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    no, that's not entirely missing the point. New tech is great, I love it, but I won't get excited about i... : hillemania
    - Plus, you have to wonder about the read times for a disc like that. If it's anything like traditional di... : Altanar
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      I can make a holographic storage device with cheaper manufacturing processes and less complicated means a... : ZaldronGG
      
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      Exactly. Honestly some people have either such narrow perspectives and lack any general view of the futu... : silverback1138
      
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      Honestly some people have such narrow perspectives that they don't read anything and just comment. I did... : hillemania
      
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      because we all know 500gb on optical media is useless. Just like the CD-ROM DVD-ROM HD-DVD BluRay... : zerog83
      
      When did I ever say it's useless, WHEN? I said that it's not that useful now, that doesn't mean it's use... : hillemania
      
      Nobody said it didn't matter, and nobody said it's not important. : hillemania
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  "...and cost less than 10 cents per gigabyte." That means $50 for a 500gb holo disk (but probably less... : hypn0t1c
  - You have large pockets. : angry jellyfish

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By: SigENeaT x Show Full Post

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....and Bluray is standing in the background trying to get more attention

Apr 27, 2009 2:20pm PDT

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....and Bluray is standing in the background trying to get more attention : SigENeaT
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- Doubt that. : rjklevels
- It's not like any of these companies are actualy going to use all that space for actual media. BluRay di... : sreyes22
- ...if you say so. : theflux

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By: araczynski x Show Full Post

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so here i was getting all excited that we're finally getting away from these retarded disc medias and they come up with another version to milk the consumer with.

progress my ass.

Apr 28, 2009 4:54am PDT

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so here i was getting all excited that we're finally getting away from these retarded disc medias and the... : araczynski
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- Your solution would have been what? Of course, it has to achieve 500GB or more, for less than 10 cents / ... : droveri

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By: Jobos x Show Full Post

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That's friggin' weird. I have that exact same Tyrannosaurus hologram. It almost looks like you can put your finger in its mouth...

Apr 27, 2009 12:57pm PDT

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That's friggin' weird. I have that exact same Tyrannosaurus hologram. It almost looks like you can put ... : Jobos
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- ...or something else. : jtthe2nd

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By: Cashh x Show Full Post

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Finally I can fit all my porn on one disc.

Apr 27, 2009 12:56pm PDT

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Finally I can fit all my porn on one disc. : Cashh
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  You, sir, do not have enough porn. : Anastomosis
  - lol. : humbleone
  - thats great haha : Taggart

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Even cooler tech news, there's a 1TB SSD hard drive for sale now, for a bargain price of only $3000. Good lord.

Apr 27, 2009 4:37pm PDT

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Even cooler tech news, there's a 1TB SSD hard drive for sale now, for a bargain price of only $3000. Goo... : duffman03
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  noooooooooooooooo. this comment on the fp chopped off the last two zeros and I was crapping my pants. : fathertime
  - Same here. "Even cooler tech news, there's a 1TB SSD hard drive for sale now, for a bargain price of on... : fade2black244
  - Haha, same here. But not too long ago, it was $3000 for less than 100gb. : Phalex

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By: airmaus x Show Full Post

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So.... $50 a disc?
Wait, it says less than 10 cents per gig, so probably $49.95 per disc.

Apr 27, 2009 12:56pm PDT

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So.... $50 a disc? Wait, it says less than 10 cents per gig, so probably $49.95 per disc. : airmaus
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By: mittense x Show Full Post

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all I got from this story is holographic dwarfing.

Apr 27, 2009 1:11pm PDT

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all I got from this story is holographic dwarfing. : mittense
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- That sounds advanced, and naughty. : Jobos

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By: Aztiel x Show Full Post

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I wonder how long it would take to burn a 500 GB disc. Or do I misunderstand this - we are talking about a removable media optical disc, and not some type of hard disk?

Apr 27, 2009 12:54pm PDT

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I wonder how long it would take to burn a 500 GB disc. Or do I misunderstand this - we are talking about... : Aztiel
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  Yeah, they are talking about a "CD" style disk. Who knows how long it will take to burn... depends on th... : Miller_TYM
  - They never mentioned that you'd be able to burn at all. With CD's it was many years before writers came... : hawke
- Crytek are probably jizzing their pants right now : churgen

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