Physicists at Imperial College London are developing a new optical disk with so much storage capacity that every episode of The Simpsons made could fit on just one. Speaking at the Asia-Pacific ...

A team of researchers has developed an optical disc that holds an incredible 200 terabytes of data - over 4,000 times more than a Blu-ray. This isn’t just nostalgia; it’s a leap forward for archival, ...

The actual cost of manufacturing today’s optical discs, even Blu-ray disks is less than $1.00, most of the actual price of commercial optical discs is from the content license, profit for the ...

You can create an ISO file from a CD, DVD, or BluRay disc using Windows but you’ll need to use a third-party app as this ...

The TDK 1TB optical disk is similar to a standard Blu-ray disc, but has 16 layers storing 32GB per side of each layer 32 layers each storing 32GB=1TB of data ...

Optical discs have multiple layers because they just focus at different distances, and in addition, you can beat the wavelength limit if you carefully use interference to help you.

TOKYO — The next-generation optical-disk system may split into two formats. NEC Corp. and Toshiba Corp. on Thursday (Aug. 29) jointly proposed to the DVD Forum a format that uses a 405-nanometer ...

TDK's 10 layer, 320 GB Blu-ray disk is a remarkable technical feat. Too bad it will never be a commercial success. Optical is a dead end - and soon it will just be dead. Here's why.

Technology is ever changing. What was ubiquitous one day can be archaic the next. Cassette drives no longer run software. We don’t transfer files on a floppy disk, either 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch ...

New Blu-ray and HD-DVD optical disk vendors say they have the right stuff to take on and beat tape as an data archiving media. Topics Spotlight: AI in Enterprise ...

D\_skin is a protective cover for DVDs, a scratch guard for optical media. Unlike the hard to apply, sticky film protectors you are familiar with, the d\_skin clips on and can therefore be ...

Sony’s plant in Tagaze, Japan was the home of its optical disc manufacturing operation. The Japanese company has announced there will be 250 jobs lost out of 670 at the plant due to the end of ...