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Engadget Podcast 169 - 10.31.2009
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jonathan @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM
I personally don't see this Holographic Media disc format catching on.
Firstly, I don't know the access speed of the drive. It would be one thing if this thing could access data as quickly as a typical DVD player but somehow, I don't see this working much faster than a ZIP drive. If thats the case, this device would only be good for data archival.
Secondly, I don't think this device could be marketed at a price competing with the current Dual Layer DVD drives and their media.
A typical Memory Jump Drive still costs around $50 so I suppose something like this would have to be $500 or more.
As for the DVD war, I'm still betting on BLURAY. People are going to pick storage capacity over quality.
the problem with HD-DVD is convincing people that the HDDVD will be so much better than current DVD's. Frankly, I'm very happy with the quality of current DVD's. In fact, I own a SONY Plasma TV and I personally don't buy into the High Definition craze either. I'm very happy with my current video quality and I don't see myself changing to anything that claims to look better. However, the storage capacity issue does bother me in terms of current DVD's. I'd love to get more than an hour on my DVD handycam. I see myself online for the first or second wave of BLURAY DVD camcorders.