Friday, June 25th 2010
Blu-ray Disc Association Approves Final BDXL Format Specifications
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) today announced the finalization and release of the specifications for BDXL, the new multi-layer recordable Blu-ray Disc format with up to 128GB of capacity. With the completion and approval of the specification, manufacturers can now obtain licensing information and license applications needed to begin production of the high capacity write-once and rewritable discs and hardware.
Targeted primarily at commercial segments such as broadcasting, medical and document imaging enterprises with significant archiving needs, BDXL provides customers with triple layer 100GB RE (rewritable) and R (write-once) discs and quadruple layer 128GB R discs. Possible consumer applications include capture and playback of HD broadcast and satellite programming in markets where set-top recorders are prevalent.
"The BDA worked diligently to create an extension of the Blu-ray Disc format that leverages the physical structure of the design of the disc to create even more storage capacity," said Victor Matsuda, Blu-ray Disc Association Global Promotions Committee chair. "By using the existing Blu-ray technologies, we have created a long-term and stable solution for archiving large amounts of sensitive data, video and graphic images. We expect further growth of the Blu-ray Disc market as the introduction of 100GB/128GB discs will expand the application of Blu-ray Disc technologies."
The BDXL specification was developed with specific market segments in mind, and newly-designed hardware addressing such markets will play back or record BDXL media. However, because the new media specifications are extensions of current Blu-ray Disc technologies, future BDXL capable recorders can easily be designed to play back existing 25GB and 50GB Blu-ray Disc formats.
Targeted primarily at commercial segments such as broadcasting, medical and document imaging enterprises with significant archiving needs, BDXL provides customers with triple layer 100GB RE (rewritable) and R (write-once) discs and quadruple layer 128GB R discs. Possible consumer applications include capture and playback of HD broadcast and satellite programming in markets where set-top recorders are prevalent.
"The BDA worked diligently to create an extension of the Blu-ray Disc format that leverages the physical structure of the design of the disc to create even more storage capacity," said Victor Matsuda, Blu-ray Disc Association Global Promotions Committee chair. "By using the existing Blu-ray technologies, we have created a long-term and stable solution for archiving large amounts of sensitive data, video and graphic images. We expect further growth of the Blu-ray Disc market as the introduction of 100GB/128GB discs will expand the application of Blu-ray Disc technologies."
The BDXL specification was developed with specific market segments in mind, and newly-designed hardware addressing such markets will play back or record BDXL media. However, because the new media specifications are extensions of current Blu-ray Disc technologies, future BDXL capable recorders can easily be designed to play back existing 25GB and 50GB Blu-ray Disc formats.
28 Comments on Blu-ray Disc Association Approves Final BDXL Format Specifications
Anyway, It's a lot easier to mail a disk than HDD :toast:
Technology marches on.
I am still very much anti-BluRay because of the motives behind it (DRM).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc#Digital_rights_management
The only difference is that once a disk protection scheme is defeated, there's no fixing it.
Meh, this is off topic.
I can't get excited about anything BluRay until it becomes affordable and/or commonplace.
I don't think you will find many doing that. We have to face it, dvd media has already peeked and now I think it's time for some other media to rise in the ranks.
"RW disc start to degrade after it's 10th or so rewrite, scratches etc."
As for shipping, i can ship 1TB hard drive for five bucks, it would take a costly amount of Blu-rays and a large box to ship the same amount of data, not to mention a 1TB can be had for just $65, if you're renting movies by mail order i can understand, but even renting is becoming obsolete, flash is the future.
If harddisk keep winning, when EMP waves come to hit - all the magnetic storage devices would go corrupted. By that time a blu-ray disk may save your day, if well kept it could last longer than magnetic devices.:nutkick:
Don't know if this will ever happen, but I think disks can save data as long as you keep it safe.
Disks = keep important data, think of a old tablet written in a CD.
Drives and Flash = data you want to get it quick and cheaply.
and btw, HDD is more fragile than optical format because you can't drop it(thats why i alway use insurance when shipping it) or it will have bad sector and render your data useless
The only DRM that i found unreasonable right now is the one that forced you to be online WHILE playing games.
Between BD-DVD and digital distribution, BD-DVD is the lesser of those evils.
Flash is not the future. You can pack more pits or magnetic feilds on a surface than you can fit metal switches. Not to mention, you can do it for much, much less cost per GiB.
4x burner = 2 hours to burn 50GB...
Using the drive with DVD worked well and fine for about two months until it started making the computer hang while making strange noises. Threw the (now) worthless thing out and put in my old trusted DVD+RW drive :toast: