PC Peripherals Iomega aiming for 800GB DVDs

[bottle]

Storage company Iomega is looking to increase the capacity of DVDs up to 100 times, meaning it could, conceivably, create 800GB discs.

The San Diego-based company announced on Tuesday that it had been issued a patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,879,556, which covers a method of encoding data on the surface of a DVD so more data--on the order of 40 to 100 times that of current capacities--can be stored. Current DVDs can hold up to about 8.5GB of data. Data transfer speeds would also jump five to 30 times, according to the company.

The technique uses reflective nano-structures to encode data on a multilevel format.

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[Quad Master]

Did u mention 800GB DVD.
Even a 800GB HDD is not existing.

Thanks for the info bottle

 

[zhopudey]

God, how much time will it take to write 800GB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Nikhil]

3-4 hrs........... But then they will also try to develop tech to decrease the writing time............

 

[Aces170]

3-4 hrs

Thats yet awesome, but then again what about HD-DVD's and Blue ray DVD. Its getting really murky out there with so many formats.

 

[Nikhil]

That is the problem..... till now we had only a few types of format. DVD+R and DVD-R. And DVD Dual Layer never seems to have taken off......

But now, it is getting really confusing. I really doubt if we will get a DVD Burner which burn all types of formats.

 

[Yawn]

DVD Dual layer cost 325 in market. I wud rather buy 10 DVDs for dat price.

 

[SoulFire]

does one HAVE 800gb of data 2 burn ?

 

[chic_magnet]

well maybe not now.. but we will in the future right??

and ya its really get to my nerves to see so many formats to come in the near future.. yucks!!

 

[Aditya]

Well, in May im planning to buy 2 500GB Hitachis... So a entire HDD Backup hyeah:...

My gawd ... How much will those 800GB DVD's cost :|.

 

[x86]

800gb omg wtf!!

 

[zhopudey]

WHat will you do if your 800gb DVD gets scratched? :tongue:

 

[Crazy_Eddy]

^ Guys old topic, settle down

@Yawn: Please refrain from bumping up old topics. The thread is almost 7 months old !

 

[Anish]

OMG ! That's is ages old..

But still if it works out great. Even better will be a 800GB DVD-RW hyeah: