Categories: Technology

What Comes After Blu Ray & HD-DVD?

You might have jumped on the Blu Ray train by now, maybe not. DVD’s are a thing of the past soon and we are preparing our living rooms for the next ultra clear media presented to us. But, don’t get to comfortable with the new Blu Ray option. A new media is being prepared and researched as we write this. It’s yet not ready for production Sony and Maxwell says but the planned release for the 500gb disc is set to June, 2009 which is this month.

The new media is called HVD and stands for Holographic Versatile Disc and it’s being researched and developed by Philips, TDK, Panasonic, Optware, Sony and Mawell.

The final disc is estimated to be able to hold up to 6TB of data and will hold as much as 200 DVD’s worth of information on one single disc. When the release will be is yet up to Sony and Maxwell along with Philips, TDK, Panasonic and Optware. But, there’s no question Blu Ray will one day be a thing of the past just like Cassette and DVD’s.

Richard Darell

Richard Darell is the founder and CEO of Bit Rebels, a multifaceted online news outlet that reports daily on the latest developments in technology, social media, design and everything geek. Today this media entity welcomes more than 3.5 million unique visitors per month and is considered the go-to place for people in constant motion. As an Internet entrepreneur, he is dedicated to constantly trying to develop new ways to bring content faster and closer to the end user in a more streamlined way. His excitement for statistics has allowed him to further develop systems that continuously produce accurate and fast-paced analytics to better optimize the approach by which Bit Rebels presents news and content. His graphic design background has proven to be an important tool when designing new systems and features for Bit Rebels since the development of solid and stable code depends entirely on their structure and implemented procedures. Richard currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden and directs the Bit Rebels offices in both Stockholm and Atlanta. You can reach Richard at richard@bitrebels.com