I also forgot to mention in my post that, there is also HVD
~ Holographic Versatile Disc by Japan's Optware Corp. and Fuji Film

which will store between 1 TB and  3.9  TeraBytes of data


http://groups-beta.google.com/group...ff72c3407?dmod=
e=3Dsource

http://www.thechannelinsider.com/ar...,1760259,00.asp

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http://www.cameratown.com/news/news.cfm/hurl/id%7C1182

FujiFilm To Display Holographic Storage Technology at NAB

Holographic Storage Offers Several Terabytes of Removable, Backward
Compatible DVD-size Disc Storage For Film & Electronic Media
Applications

Valhalla, New York, April 13, 2005  Next week at the National
Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas, Fuji Photo Film
U=2ES.A., Inc. will display its next generation information storage disc
technology that promises over 200 times greater capacity (or up to 3.9
TB) and 40 times the transfer speed of today's DVD media. Called
Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD), the technology utilizes existing
manufacturing processes and a unique application of servo information
to markedly increase the storage capacity beyond that of today's
optical discs.

This technology is the result of innovation from Optware Corporation,
now supported by the recently formed Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD)
Alliance, an industry consortium of global technology companies
announced in January.
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It would be interesting to learn the pros and cons of these 3 next-next
gen optical storage technologies:

*FMD ~ Fluorescent Multilayer Disc by Constellation 3D
*HVD ~ Holographic Versatile Disc by  Optware / Fuji Film
*Holographic Storage by InPhase

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