General Electic has recently unveiled the new optical storage disc. A disc that can store upto 500 gigabytes (GB) of data, equivalent to 100 DVDs.
The micro-holographic disc, is the same size as an existing DVD disc. The company believe that it will be able to be used in consumer market place and in home players. Blue Ray dics, which are currently being used, can only hold maximum of 50GB. This new disc could revolutionize media as we know it.
"A single GE disc could be used to package up
a library of high definition movies but is there
pent-up consumer demand for such an offering?"
News website Technology editor Darren Waters
The main problem in this area of technology has been to increase the reflectivity of the holograms, which are stored on the disc. An increased reflectivity will enable players to both read and write on the disc.
"This is truly a breakthrough in the development of the materials that are so critical to ultimately bringing holographic storage to the everyday consumer," said Mr Lawrence.
This Optical disc could significantly change the way we watch movies or play games. The quality of movies and graphics could be immensly enhanced.
