http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/ Engadget Comments for Sharp intros first 100GB BDXL discs, Japan gets first dibs on July 30 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/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 2:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/
strap it on to a blu-ray player, u troll. ]]>Jul 16th 2010 3:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/
Pretty sure I accidentally did some of that at a party once :/]]>Jul 16th 2010 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 3:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/
BREAKING NEWS: Nintendo 64 game cartridges now hold up to 1gb of storage!]]>Jul 16th 2010 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 3:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/> 1.5GB @ 5gb/s (remember, just because the resolution is the same doesn't mean the quality will be).
No one has the network capacity to privately stream that quality yet. No one has the internet speed to stream that quality from Netflix yet. No one has the hard drive capacity to store a reasonable library worth of movies at that quality, yet. BRD will eventually be the price of DVDs (50 disks for $15). DVDs are already a rip off, but they're still used like crazy in business and home. 1 DL-DVD is cheaper than an 8GB flash drive. Easier and cheaper to burn and move a few DVDs than a large flash disk. BR disks will eventually become cost effective to do the same.]]>Jul 16th 2010 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/You underestimate the stupidity of the general population. PSPGO wasn't just a failure because it's price and lack of homebrew, but because people are too dumb to download anything.

It's gonna be a good 15+ years before average joe understand enough to go with digital distribution ]]>Jul 16th 2010 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/
What new movie standard?
HD TV @ 1080p is about as far away from saturation globally as it could be.
720p/1080i is it for a very long time to come; you'll be lucky to see many invest in the extra andwidth for 1080p broadcasting.

Just because a tiny handful would like 2k or 4k for their massive sets doesn't mean Hollywood is going to rush to sell master copies of their movies.
That's just never going to happen.]]>Jul 16th 2010 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/----------
"You underestimate the stupidity of the general population. PSPGO wasn't just a failure because it's price and lack of homebrew, but because people are too dumb to download anything."
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I'd say:
1) downloads priced like physical goods (often higher)
2) the inability to share them however you wanted like you can with discs
3) the fact that not nearly enough titles were released for download compared to UMD
4) the fact that it couldn't play a library of games released years before
5) the fact that the PSP 1000, 2000 and 3000 Series *can* do the same downloads too (supply your own memory card and USB cable) AND can do UMD too

.People are not 'dumb' they are smart and 'smart' and simplicity won. Why would I want to pay more for a download? Why would I want to limit my choices? Why would I want to miss out on the second-hand market? Why would I not want to have the option to sell some of my games easily if I wanted to, rather than be stuck with a download with heavy restrictions with what I can do with it?



Sony's problem isn't the customer, it's believing the customer will be swindled into digital distribution based on physical goods pricing (to protect their retailers) with less choice than those available on UMD and all-the-while downplaying that their previous (and current) hardware has the same ability, with arguably a more ergonomic design.

Yes the PSP Go has bluetooth and is more compact, but they are giving away downloadable games now just to move units. I think that speaks volumes about their approach and about the value they were offering.









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Ain't gonna happen,...but still.....it would have been sensible.

I think the BD25s are big enough for blank anythings,...and until cars get BD drives,....there's really no need.At least on my end.]]>Jul 16th 2010 3:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 3:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/
nice try..but too late.. ]]>Jul 16th 2010 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 3:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 3:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 3:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Well I can tell ya that Blu-Ray definately looks better, but the Zune store has excellent instant-on streaming HD that also looks really good. I decided that since my PS3 was so worthless for games for so long that it was just better to turn it into cash and move away from physical media all together.

Zune marketplace does not require much hard drive space. It's streaming....but your internet connection definitely a problem. ]]>Jul 16th 2010 4:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 3:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/
1TB HD [931GB formatted] = 7 cents a gig

100GB bluray = more than 57 cents a gig

800% more expensive to store data on a medium prone to failure

make sense?
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Do we have confirmation BDXL is more prone to failure?

Hard drives really aren't archival formats and BDXL (at least now) is aimed at enterprises with heavy archiving needs, so it seems unlikely they would sacrifice reliability to get there.


Hard drives files can easily get deleted and are more prone to shock damage than virtually any other mass storage out there, so it's not just about cost (especially not for large enterprises BDXL is aimed at right now).





]]>Aug 14th 2010 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 5:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Me too, these things have been staying at the 200-300 price point for so long I just gave up and bought another 1tb hard drive. I personally think they were going the right way with DVD-RAM type media and I am hoping as capacity goes up they'll bring back that type of technology]]>Jul 16th 2010 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/
There was talk of DVD-RAM being upped in storage capacity but I remember reading that they decided against it. A shame.

DVD-RAM was brilliant.

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Thanks for playing.]]>Jul 16th 2010 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/
Dream on.
You're not going to be getting Hollywood 4k films.
End of.

There is no way Hollywood are ever going to sell you master copies of their movies.

Upscaling to 2K is the best you can seriously hope for......why would they do anything else?
Just to satisfy the miniscule handful with 100"+ screens?
Hardly.]]>Jul 18th 2010 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/Jul 16th 2010 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/sharp-intros-first-100gb-bdxl-discs-japan-gets-first-dibs-on-ju/am NOT gonna buy another drive AGAIN !!
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And HDDs are better in almost every way than optical media. Now the more affordable price per gigabyte can be counted as another advantage of using HDDs]]>Jul 18th 2010 11:42AM