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Paper DVDs on the horizon
Paper DVDs on the horizon A paper disc that can hold up to five times more data than current DVDs has been developed by Sony and another Japanese company. The disc is 51% paper and could offer foolproof security, said officials. "Since a paper disc can be cut by scissors easily, it is simple to preserve data security when disposing of the disc," said Hideaki Kawai of Toppan, which worked with Sony. It is not yet clear when the technology will be commercially available. Next-generation DVDs The disc is based on blue-laser DVD research, one of the technologies that could replace the current generation of red-laser DVD players. Blu-ray discs can hold around 25 gigabytes of information, compared to the current limit of 4.7 gigabytes for a standard DVD. A consortium of leading electronics manufacturers such as Sony, Philips, Hitachi and Samsung are developing the technology. They hope it will become the standard format for the multimillion dollar DVD industry. According to Sony, researchers were able to make a paper disc as Blu-ray technology does not require laser light to travel through a key layer of a disc called the substrate. The paper discs are also expected to be cheaper to produce than current DVDs. Both Sony and Toppan said they were looking at practical uses for the paper discs, but that no decision had been made on when they would be in the shops. |
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Yeah, but how many people actually look in tech talk (unless its a really slow day ;) ) ?
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Posted there and garnered NO responses! This one is already 3 posts ahead. I love the last line. I love it when companies do things because they can, and then try to figure out what to do with it. "Well, Bob, there it is. Millions of dollars of research, tens of thousands of man hours, and three recycled aluminum cans, and finally . . . a 4 story 3-d composite model of what a quark would look like if it were actually a naked replica of your mom. Take that Freud! Maybe we can use it to hold down the paper DVDs that we can't find a use for."
<P>It would really honk me off if a friend came over and accidentally used my new paper Criterion Gigli for a coaster. <P>I wonder if Warner Bros. will finally go to using plastic keepcases to hold the cheap paper DVDs? Oh the irony . . . <P>Kind of makes that whole Clearplay discussion moot when you can just write on the objectionable parts of the disc. <P>I heard that Cheech and Chong are teaming up to make the "Up In Smoke" rolling paper DVD special edition due out this fall. <P>I could go on for days with this . . . . |
Strikes me as odd that the first thing they play up about these is how easy they are to destroy. Is that really the main point of this tech? Is it really all that hard to render a current DVD unreadable?
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http://www.customgrills.com/customac...ies/TROLLH.jpg <--- reusing your blind buys!
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Originally posted by Altimus Prime Strikes me as odd that the first thing they play up about these is how easy they are to destroy. Is that really the main point of this tech? Is it really all that hard to render a current DVD unreadable? |
. . . inspired by bbioservt . . . Many of us have claimed (about various films) that we wouldn't even wipe our @$$es with "that" movie . . . now maybe we will.
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Hey I'd rather have my disc in platinum metal, makes it looks more expensive and valuable, then some carton disc, eruk. They'll think i bought my movie in a One Dollar Store.
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Is it washable?
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Can it be cleaned by boiling? :p
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great news, I am all for green technology
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Abob Teff
stop it....lmao |
Piracy will be at an all time high -- all we'll have to do is slap a DVD into the photo copier.
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And if your friend wants to borrow your movie, all you have to do is fax it to him!
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Teacher, teacher! My dog ate my DVD!
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Rental places are gonna LOVE these. People already do enough damage to their plastic disks.
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You'll be able to cut them right out from the back of the cereal box.
Oh, no, I just spilled coffee on my entire movie collection! |
Think back years ago when insurance and real estate agents used to hand out those business cards that turned into sponges when placed in water . . .
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