[microsound] New disc formats

[ian stewart <artsonics@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There's been some discussion on the Frameworks (experimental film) list 
about successor formats to DVD- thought the links might be of interest to 
some on this list.

High-definition/High-density DVD formats:

Info on competing HD DVD formats in development:
www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#3.13

Blu-ray, 25-50 gigs:
www.blu-ray.com/info/

And in the more distant future:

Holographic Versatile Disc (1 terabyte):
www.optware.co.jp/english/what_040823.htm

4-layered disc, 250 gigs per layer:
www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996447

best,
Ian

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