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Title: Optical disc offers 500GB storage
Post by: Clive on April 27, 2009, 19:10

A disc that can store 500 gigabytes (GB) of data, equivalent to 100 DVDs, has been unveiled by General Electric.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8021012.stm

Title: Re: Optical disc offers 500GB storage
Post by: Simon on April 27, 2009, 21:09

That would tidy up my DVD and Blu-ray collection!  I wonder how long it would take to copy them all to a GE disc?

Title: Re: Optical disc offers 500GB storage
Post by: sam on April 27, 2009, 22:22

a while at current blu-ray burning speeds.

Title: Re: Optical disc offers 500GB storage
Post by: Rik on April 28, 2009, 10:39

Handy for archiving a big HD though...