Sony ships 50 GB Blu-ray recordable media

Iria · Aug 16, 2006, 09:12 PM

Source: TG Daily
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Sony today said that it has started shipping 50 GB Blu-ray recordable media in the U.S. The dual-layer discs double the capacity of the single-layer 25 GB media. So far, the 50 GB versions are only available as BD-R write-once discs; Sony said that it will be offering rewritable media (BD-RW) "later this year."

The capacity increase foremost means more storage space for data or movies. However, the new media will be important in for the Blu-ray group in promoting the technology against the competing HD DVD format: The higher capacity will allow movie studios to put more data on a Blu-ray disk to increase the quality of Blu-ray movies. Sony claims that a 50 GB disk can hold four hours of 24 Mb/s video - substantially higher than the VC-1 compressed 15-18 Mb/s the first HD DVD movies and the estimated 10-12 Mb/s currently available Blu-ray movies are using.

Customgamer1 · Aug 16, 2006, 11:26 PM

Kind of cool but that still does not make me like blue ray any better

P.S. I bet that disk costs like $100 so you can still buy hard drives a lot cheaper with more gigs!

Tipstaff · Aug 17, 2006, 10:55 AM

Agreed. It is cool (good God.. 50 gigs of storage space.. what would I ever find to put on there?). However, given the fact that the first desktop units won't play movies, buying one just for storage is really damn stupid.

EcPercy · Aug 17, 2006, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Tipstaff

buying one just for storage is really damn stupid.

But, if you look at comments on other sites you will see that storage is one of the arguments that is being used to justify the high cost of BR.

Brutality · Aug 17, 2006, 02:54 PM

Whats the point of storing 50GB of stuff on crappy disk that is unstable and that data on that disk could go "BOOM!" any time. HD-DVD is much better protected, data is more safe on it. Blu-ray is just a timebomb rigged on your porncollection!

Aug 16, 2006, 09:12 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Sony ships 50 GB Blu-ray recordable media Source: TG Daily ________ Sony today said that it has started shipping 50 GB Blu-ray recordable media in the U.S. The dual-layer discs double the capacity of the single-layer 25 GB media. So far, the 50 GB versions are only available as BD-R write-once discs; Sony said that it will be offering rewritable media (BD-RW) "later this year." The capacity increase foremost means more storage space for data or movies. However, the new media will be important in for the Blu-ray group in promoting the technology against the competing HD DVD format: The higher capacity will allow movie studios to put more data on a Blu-ray disk to increase the quality of Blu-ray movies. Sony claims that a 50 GB disk can hold four hours of 24 Mb/s video - substantially higher than the VC-1 compressed 15-18 Mb/s the first HD DVD movies and the estimated 10-12 Mb/s currently available Blu-ray movies are using.

Aug 16, 2006, 11:26 PM	#2
Customgamer1 Fell off the tech wagon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,273 Rep Power: 74 System Specs	Kind of cool but that still does not make me like blue ray any better P.S. I bet that disk costs like $100 so you can still buy hard drives a lot cheaper with more gigs! __________________ Asus Laptop: 2.5 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4gigs DDR 2, Windows 7 64bit! Windows 7 > OSX!

Aug 17, 2006, 10:55 AM	#3
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 191 System Specs	Agreed. It is cool (good God.. 50 gigs of storage space.. what would I ever find to put on there?). However, given the fact that the first desktop units won't play movies, buying one just for storage is really damn stupid. __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

Aug 17, 2006, 02:54 PM	#5
Brutality DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Estonia Posts: 887 Rep Power: 0	Whats the point of storing 50GB of stuff on crappy disk that is unstable and that data on that disk could go "BOOM!" any time. HD-DVD is much better protected, data is more safe on it. Blu-ray is just a timebomb rigged on your porncollection!