Endless Paradigm

Well, it could make external harddrives perish.  Perhaps everyone's desks will look a little bit tidier with this?

Assassinator Wrote:18 Months? i seriously doubt that.

Think of how long it took for BluRay to come out... A lot of testing and stuff will be required, and that will take time.

I presume it's an optimistic estimate of when production may start :P
Probably won't see it on the shelves till some months later.  And probably won't be affordable until about a year after that.

Of course, I'm being optimistic.

|-Anubis-| Wrote:But I highly doubt it'll happen considering how complex it sounds. Not to mention there will be a need to update operating systems.

Will there?  I would imagine it shouldn't be too difficult for it to be handled like a normal USB flash memory device.

Assassinator Wrote:

|-Anubis-| Wrote:I know CDs can have a shelf life of a century or two but I can't go a whole year without scratching up my CDs.

CDs shelf life isn't that good. They deteriorate over time. Won't last even close to a century.

Apparently, some brands (maybe Verbatim?) make these claims.  A century?  Doubt it, but should last for quite some time.

Although magnetic storage is cheaper, it would be nice to see smaller capacity solid state HDDs for WAY faster speed.  In fact, I believe if the 32GB flash thingies could install a copy of XP along with quite a few apps.

i don't actually like blu-ray. . . .and yeah my cd's scratch ALL THE TIME>!

not 1 month i can keep a cd without scratches.

^ Tried investing in CD protective technology (ie CD cases) :P ?

Anyway, I did hear about a range of DVDs called "Armour" or something - apparently meant to be highly resistant to scratching.  According to a reviewer, even heavy scratching with a scourer didn't work, though prodding with a screwdriver is what eventually broke it.

Did cost AU$10/DVD though, when DVDs were about AU$1 each.

that's expensive. . . I would just buy dvd-r's at my mall for PHP8 (APPROXIMATELY US$0.16)

HEHEHE CHEAP . . . .but im cheap aswell so I don't have cases.  .

then Sony makes blu-TeraUsb

^ Mix of optical media, solid state memory and a USB interface, all made by Sony?  WIN! :D

It's Solid Optical Memory :P

one-tenth the price? i doubt that. maybe around 300$ a TB but wow. that would be awsum if they make memorysticks also like that, unlimited psp games, movies, and music.. well almost =/

also im thinking of alot of issues with corrupted files..

i heard of it 2 weeks ago...

im in a research project for high school students and wee had a conference with a guy from that university and he told us about that... infudgeingcredible

i just want one of those... however, i wonder how BIG they are... *imagines a flash drive with the size of a large book* :roflol:

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:^ Tried investing in CD protective technology (ie CD cases) :P ?

Anyway, I did hear about a range of DVDs called "Armour" or something - apparently meant to be highly resistant to scratching.  According to a reviewer, even heavy scratching with a scourer didn't work, though prodding with a screwdriver is what eventually broke it.

Did cost AU$10/DVD though, when DVDs were about AU$1 each.

just burn the same thing 10 times for the same price...they can't ALL get scratched :P:P:P