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  • Tim · 4 years ago
    120Mbps? 120 Million bits? @ ~10 bits per byte (I'm allowing for some overhead) thats ~12 megabytes a second. USB 2.0 and Firewire are 40megaBYTEs a second right?
    Enough for video, but a step back for overall speed.
  • Oz · 4 years ago
    bench your hard drive and weep!
  • John · 4 years ago
    Says, 120 "MegaBytes"/sec on Maxell's site

    "...and data rates as high as 120 MBPs..."
  • Jealousy · 4 years ago
    So this is better than HVD (Holographic Versatile Disc)?
    http://www.optware.co.jp/english/what_050203.html
  • knowgood · 4 years ago
    I hope HVD are protected somehow. When we read DVDs they always have finger prints on them and we have to clean them.
  • knowgood · 4 years ago
    Sorry, should have been "when we rent..."
  • Will Dwinnell · 4 years ago
    Nitpick: "tera-" is "T", not "t".
  • alex · 4 years ago
    What? Maybe my math is different from yours, but if the disk would hold 1.6TB and a single sided dual-layered dvd holds 9GB then that means one disk would hold the same amount of data as 177.77 dvds, not 63. If you were referring to dual-layered double-sided dvds (18GB) then the disk would hold the same amount as 88 dvds.

    Just pointing out your shitty math.
  • locus.solus · 4 years ago
    "What? Maybe my math is different from yours, but if the disk would hold 1.6TB and a single sided dual-layered dvd holds 9GB then that means one disk would hold the same amount of data as 177.77 dvds, not 63. If you were referring to dual-layered double-sided dvds (18GB) then the disk would hold the same amount as 88 dvds.

    Just pointing out your shitty math."

    maybe he was talking about a regular single layer dvd fitting in the 300gb disk which would be the first thing available to consumers.

    "The first generation of holographic media with 300 GB of storage capacity and a 20 MBPs Transfer Rate is scheduled for release in late 2006."

    but you knew that because you're oh so smart and read the press release...
  • Jimbo McFartybuns · 4 years ago
    Press releases are for housewives and little girls, man. COOL people (who know math, man!) don't NEED to read the press release, because anything they say is true.

    For instance, the new Holographic thingummy runs on tyvek envelopes and the tears of a rare Nigerian fruitbat.

    Aaaaah, bup bup bup, no need to check the press release! It is true, for I have ordained it.
  • Max · 4 years ago
    It's not 120mbits it's 120 mbytes/s
  • fosman · 4 years ago
    Its big. And its quick.

    That's it.

    Now stop being losers. Espically math losers.