http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/ Engadget Comments for 5nm crystals could lead to vastly larger optical discs, mighty fine time machines http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 3:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/It better be at least 10 years, I just bought all these blu-rays!
Even if the players are backwards compatible, my OCD wouldn't like having two types of media on my shelf.]]>May 26th 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/
"Nano-ray"

Nice name idea, lol.]]>May 26th 2010 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/
"Earrings? Bitch, these are flash drives! I got seasons 1-36 of LOST on the left one alone!"]]>May 26th 2010 3:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/hilarious, even though the series finale to lost aired this past Sunday. ]]>May 26th 2010 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/Yeah, but by the time this comes out, Lost will be in the 36th season of the reboot.]]>May 26th 2010 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/
Why Red-Ray?
Because of this: http://www.red.com/accessories/digital_storage/
RED FTW]]>May 26th 2010 3:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/
Very impressive.]]>May 26th 2010 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/I would use this to hold all my porn. I would need about 6 crystals though.

No wait, I just double checked... Make that 7 crystals.]]>May 26th 2010 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 3:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 3:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 4:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/
I said TAPE, not hard disc drives: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/japanese-gurus-unveil-50tb-magnetic-tape-cartridges-are-officia/]]>May 26th 2010 4:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/
As with everything from Red its vaporware. The company has a million computer renderings.

Also, it'll be over-priced, their CF module costs $500, something that should cost $5.

Also, Red-ray doesn't use any new optical technology, they just have a different codec.

Besides, the name is stupid technically. Blu-ray is "blu" because it uses blue-violet spectrum of light (405 nm laser), a "RED" ray is basically infrared light (~650nm). Basically its calling itself a DVD.]]>May 26th 2010 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/
So a 5nm technology on a 12cm disc should be able to hold about 2TB, and [since 8cm discs hold about 30% of the data of a 12cm disc,] an 8cm disc should hold about 600GB.

1000x or 81x, either way, it would be nice to take this opportunity to switch to 8cm discs as the standard seeing as how 600GB should suffice well for the distribution of any individual production.
]]>May 26th 2010 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 3:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/laser discs never had much data capacity. but in terms of physical capacity, you can almost fit a while pizza on them!]]>May 26th 2010 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/
I'm still waiting for that spherical storage.]]>May 26th 2010 3:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/
I'm sure they would resort to multiple read/write heads or even an array of heads at that point.

At least, that's where i think it's headed.
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That's what *really smart* she said.]]>May 26th 2010 3:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 3:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/photogalleries/giant-crystals-cave/images/primary/crystal-cave-1.jpg ]]>May 26th 2010 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/
-fix'd]]>May 26th 2010 3:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/i wouldn't wanna find my multitera collection of porn corrupt a month after burning]]>May 26th 2010 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/
and a drem is to have ONE DISK with complete LOST series in IMAX HD format/resolution + all other verisons Super Hi-Vision, 4K, 2K, 1080p, etc :)

And of course... this disks should have a long lifespan (20+ years at least)]]>May 26th 2010 4:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/
If it was recorded with 35mm film, it shouldn't be a problem (re)releasing it in HD.
]]>May 26th 2010 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/
Star Trek was recorded on 35mm.]]>May 27th 2010 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 4:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 5:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/
Chunks of crystals, methinks.]]>May 26th 2010 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 5:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 5:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/
Sounds painful, what with the sharp edges and all.]]>May 26th 2010 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/May 26th 2010 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/
Imagine how the HDD/SSD World will respond to this. . .

]]>May 26th 2010 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/5nm-crystals-could-lead-to-vastly-larger-optical-discs-mighty-f/
DVDs and Blu-ray discs are made using alloys with germanium and other rare metals. The price of the compound discovered by researchers is about one-hundredth of the price, and is safe to handle.

WOW ! :D ...so 5 TB ish at only $ 0.0025 ...should be $ 0.00025 ...but that's even more impossible practially...

cool so then everyone can afford 4K 3D Storage ! :D]]>May 26th 2010 7:49PM