Sony 300GB optical disc? Bigger than Blu-Ray?

[VirtualLarry]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4P02CG9856

Why haven't I heard more about this? Will they use this for 4K Blu-Ray and beyond movies?

And only ~$30, instead of the ~$100 for BD-R XL 100GB discs.

What drive writes this kind of media? Is it some new M-O format? It says "write once" though, so I guess it's WORM?

 

[ArisVer]

There is a small pdf file in the documents section of the link you posted.

http://cc.cnetcontent.com/vcs/sony/inline-content/ODC300R/SEL-asset-378520_source.pdf

There are also RW discs and the capacity goes up to 1.5TB. It uses a 12 disc cartridge system.

 

[cdebbie]

This type of media is used more for data storage than for movies or related. These use magnetic tape within which is written on special drives for those, such as this one: http://www.sony.co.uk/pro/product/archiving-storage-oda-stand-alone-drive/ods-d55u/overview/

 

[dbcooper1]

The drive isn't made any more and the one that replaced it is $8k.