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If they make a re-writeable version of this disc, the potential is quite clearly limited to 400GB (and whatever R/W speed they manage to squeeze out of the thing, which will be considerably less than your 250GB hard drive)]]>Jul 7th 2008 4:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/]]>Jul 7th 2008 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 4:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/]]>Jul 7th 2008 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 4:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 4:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/
Of course, when people start clamouring about the next resolution points (2160 and above) we're going to need some serious storage space. ]]>Jul 7th 2008 4:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/
It'll be awesome in 3 or 4 years from now though when these are more affordable and common.]]>Jul 7th 2008 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/
400GB. Huge capacity, and aye, it would be good for ultra high def, but we're not even at a point where a majority of homes hae HD set with HD signals, let alone the any generations after that.

Its a nice technological advancement, but personally (and this is just me); I don't see it ever coming into production.

[[ Roll on 2 years of Engadget when I'm proved wrong. ]]]]>Jul 7th 2008 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 5:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 4:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/
Isn't it overwriting itself?]]>Jul 7th 2008 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 4:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/
Then of course you could have double-sided too !!!]]>Jul 7th 2008 5:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Streaming speed, and cost of the media are another.

it may be simpler to just use a lossless video codec for the purists that want it, you can still save a hell of a lot of space this way.]]>Jul 7th 2008 4:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 4:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/this is a disk.... not a PS3]]>Jul 7th 2008 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 14th 2008 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/
Not to mention that such high storage capabilities are going to put a damper on those who say flash storage will catch up soon. Can you imagine what you can do with such discs? You could put all the Star Wars movies, extras, profile 2.0 features on 1 disc and still have room left over for adding anything else.

The advantages for such a disc would make it one of the most dominant formats in a long time. DVD is on the outs because it cannot handle HDTV, while a 400 gb disc could support future formats such as 2k and 4k no probem.]]>Jul 7th 2008 5:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/
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Me too...]]>Jul 7th 2008 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 8th 2008 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/
imagine the cost though, i'm guessing upwards of $2 per GB.
if you had a burn error you you would have a frisbee or a useless 400 gb coaster. then you could say to your friends with crappy eMachines "my anti condensation device has twice the GBs of your entire computer!"]]>Jul 7th 2008 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/
A higher bitrate would need a new BluRay spec e.g Blu-Ray 2 and this could be used with new codecs, lossless video, higher resolutions, 3D and anything else they can think of.]]>Jul 7th 2008 6:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/
All it's good for is fitting entire tv show seasons on 1 disc. This won't happen as it's too expensive and consumers love the feeling of having a big thick box set.]]>Jul 7th 2008 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/Jul 7th 2008 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/07/pioneers-blu-ray-disc-hits-400gb/
http://www.electroburn.org/egnored/]]>Jul 7th 2008 7:44AM