OmG!!! i got astounted when i noticed that Optware is designing a disc capable to store upto 300 GB, also file transfer rates are quick enough to burn the entire disc in less than 30 minutes!!!

But theres a small problem.... the reader drive too expensive: $2700and the writer drive...... much more expensive : $20,000, also each disc will cost $100

Check it out http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/24/maxell_holo_storage/ and http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopic...1,95446,00.html

This post has been edited by keysmaker: Feb 26 2006, 03:52 AM

these disks are very expensive, But a good choice for the future, 300 gb is a huge amount of space, file transfer rates are good too,
I am looking forward to some of these, good post man, keep it up

someday 300 gb disc, will be not enough, to handle a games or aplication. coz it's technology, they keep developing something new, some thing awesome

they are expensive! but they are like tecnology as brianet said..after a year or more the price will continue to go down..if i remember right DVD players started at 150-200 dollars, and now adays you can buy them for 50-75 dollars..even a DVD VHS Combo..which i have i got for 65$ at walmart..so maybe someday i can afford to buy stuff like that :-D

Wow! Well, when prices come down, like they always do, that will be awesome. And, holographic disks are just plain cool.

This post has been edited by htdefiant: Feb 26 2006, 01:05 PM

I dont agreee with you "brainet" Because, has you can see game become bigger and bigger right..... But compression will be a factor along the way so we can keep the game Size at a reasonable File Size..... and i think that 300 GBDisc woulvd Been great but its also stupid at the same time... I'D say it is first made for teh Big Companies to make sure they dont lose big Datas in crucial moments and also for themm 3D movies to carry around files..... i Have a 200Gb SATA drive i think its way way enough so far for normal and andvanced consumers..... It's a gadget like teh DVD Burners and LCD screens no one wouldve bought at first really but now aday s it comes with most of our 500 to 600 $ computers... it might take a while ut im pretty sure this will come around at a decent price ......

That's crazy, $20,000 for a writer? This is completely out of range for the average consumer. I'm curious to know why I haven't heard much about this new technology when the capacity is even greater than that of bluray and hd-dvd.

I kind of don't think this is a good idea. Discs can start to lose data because of old age. Also its hard to keep a disc clean and not scratched up. You will eventually drop the disc and get scratches on your hundred dollar disc and won't be able to read some of your data or the disc may skip while playing music on your pc.Also if your wanting to transfer files to another persons computer, most people on this world are probably to poor to invest in something like that so they can read your files. Also in reply to the message saying that 300gb is not enough storage in the future, 300gb would probably last long enough for your wholoe life, think about it, world of warcraft is a very large game and its about 3 gb large. So you could fit world of warcraft onto this disc 100 times. They had the right idea but I would not trust putting all my precious data onto one disc and hoping it doesn't mess up.

lol, i think 300 gb is way too much

and i totally agree with William91, its difficult to use and maintain discs for a longer time and no one will risk taking backup of thier data on a cd

i would prefer a 300gb hdd than a cd which will also cost less that the cd with capacity of 300gb
nevertheless, its an amazing development!!