Writing Spped is getting closer to reading speed in CDROM technology

[saltedeggman]

So, what will happen next?

 

[bacillus]

you won't be able to copy on the fly at full writing speed!

 

[Rand]

<< So, what will happen next? >>



Writeable DVD's in the mainstream at decent price-points.

Assuming they ever finish bickering over what standard to promote....

 

[Howard]

The Plextor 40/12/40A has already done that.

 

[Om]

Next is all of us trashing our current CDRWs for the new blue light lasers coming out next year that write 30GBs to a CD. I believe it's Sony who is manufacturing them first. Don't know what this means to DVD formats? I guess DVD is already on the way out when these blue lights hit the market.

 

[TwilightZone77]

<< Next is all of us trashing our current CDRWs for the new blue light lasers coming out next year that write 30GBs to a CD. I believe it's Sony who is manufacturing them first. Don't know what this means to DVD formats? I guess DVD is already on the way out when these blue lights hit the market. >>



Woah... I assume the CDs will only be able to be read on drives with the blue lasers? Still, that's quite an accomplishment.

 

[Sahakiel]

<< Next is all of us trashing our current CDRWs for the new blue light lasers coming out next year that write 30GBs to a CD. I believe it's Sony who is manufacturing them first. Don't know what this means to DVD formats? I guess DVD is already on the way out when these blue lights hit the market. >>



I was pretty sure it was 1.3 gigs to a CD, but I could be wrong.

And with writers caught up to readers, the only way to go would probably be a different storage medium. High density CD's may not catch on if DVD's get better faster and solid-state is maturing quite rapidly.
Hm... wonder what happened with those holographic cubes...

 

[Rhombuss]

Actually, it doesn't really matter how fast a writer can write 'theoretically'. The writing speed increases from 0x to whatever x at the edge of the disc. The difference between 16X and 24X is only 40 seconds or so. You'd think it would go faster, but the differential change in time per unit speed is exponential, not linear. So if they came out with 48X writers, you probably couldn't tell the difference between it, and a 24X or 32X besides the logo on the front . Unless they increased the density of CDs to over a 1 GB, then yeah - it would make much of a difference. Otherwise, on a normal 650-800MB CD, the increase in speed will be a waste.