Sanyo says its new diode would increase the capacity and read/write speeds of Blu-ray discs.
Blu-ray fans may soon be treated to bigger and better discs. Well, by soon, we mean in the next few years.
Sanyo says that they’ve developed a new blue laser diode that could double the capacity of Blu-ray media. PC World says that the new diode can emit a beam of 450 milliwatts, which could write and read up to four layers at speeds of 12X.
In case you are keeping score, current Blu-ray discs have a maximum of two 25GB layers. The new technology would add another two layers, for a total of 100GB per disc. That’s eight hours of HD to you and me. Also, Sanyo says the new speeds mean you could burn up that entire disc in about 10 minutes.
Don’t get too excited, though. The company says it should be at least two years before we see any drives or recorders that include the new diode.
Oh who cares, the format’s dead already. 2TB drives are out next year (2009).
“Blu-ray fans may soon be treated to bigger and better discs. Well, by soon, we mean in the next few years.”
A new blue-laser diode means you need all new players, including all new PS3s.
So if everyone throws away all their blu-ray hardware, then yes, in a few years it is possible.
But it’s not going to happen. Keep dreaming.
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This is too little to late. You can get DRM-free MP3s for cheaper at the Amazon MP3… 
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I think this is great news… no technology is permenant - it always gets better! This is something to celebrate.