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ChainsawAsh said:

Yeah, but I don't know of any dual-layered, dual-sided Blu-Ray discs, so 50GB is currently the limit.  I've never much seen the point in dual-sided discs other than space-saving - if you're gonna split it up anyway, why not just use two discs?  There's much less chance of damaging the disc, and dual-layered, dual-sided DVDs are notorious for fucking up all the time.

I'm more interested in these 16-layer 400GB discs that Pioneer is developing ...

 

I remember reading a while back about triple layer blu ray.  Evidently they never went along with it.  Replication problems?  Or because currents players could not play them?

As for holographic discs i wonder what movie needs to be a terrabyte or more in size,lol.

I have a couple dual sided DVD's that the reverse side won't play or has trouble reading.  And the manufacturer said there was nothing wrong with them,lol.

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There are different methods of doing triple+ layer Blu-Rays - all involve either getting a brand new player, or updating the firmware of existing players.  None can play on any current Blu-Ray players out of the box.

I don't think triple+ layer discs will ever become the standard, except perhaps in TV-show DVDs, in which case I think it's a great idea.  Imagine having an entire season on one disc, at potentially better quality than the previous multi-disc releases - that would also make complete-series sets much, much more feasible.  But for feature films, I don't think it's necessary unless it's an incredibly long film like Lawrence of Arabia, or the original miniseries cut of Das Boot (almost 5 hours long).

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EyeShotFirst said:

Blu Ray does not look as great as everybody says they do.

 

In fact I think it all depends on what size your HDTV is and how far you are from it.

Some people might think Blu ray is not such a big improvement because they do not have the right tools to watch it properly.

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accidental double post - my apologies

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