This is what I recently read:
Originally Posted by Ryan Block
This is what I recently read:
Originally Posted by Ryan Block
I remember when first reading about 200GB BR discs some time ago and thinking how great they would be, but equally thinking how fragile they could also be. I think you would seriously need a caddie/casing based system for 8 layer discs or you could easily lose some of the data. Something like the DVD-RAM cartridges would be a good solution. Although you can even buy those discs now minus the cartridges (you could actually break open the carts anyway).
But imagine the possibilities. Backing up a complete MAME set, with CHDs to a single disk! I WANT ONE!!!
But seriously, the word EXPENSIVE is the first thing that pops into my head.
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Cool idea to have a 200GB disk. Would it just be like a CD/DVD? If so, there is no way I would trust one with my data. Might do if it worked in a different way to CDs though.
Yes, it will work just like standard CD/DVD technology. which as you say is not the most reliable storage. Although what is reliable storage? At the moment it is a Harddrive.
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Something with that much capacity would be ace, DVDs are often too small now when it comes to backing up collections.
Wonder if/how long it would take something like that (and a writer) to filter down to the consumer lever at a reasonable price.
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Excellent, you should go buy one soon so we can get them cheaper.
Take one for the team, as it were.
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Umm... OK.
Regarding DVD sizes, in the past few months I've noticed PC game sizes are starting to increase. More games are now appearing on the larger dual layer DVD9 8.5GB discs, rather than the 4.7GB DVD5 discs which was the most common format until now. And the biggest at the moment seems to be BlackSite Area 51 which comes on two DVD9s! And requires 14GB of HD space to install! Now that is big!
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14 GB? Geez,thats almost a quarter of my harddrive
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