While we ’re waiting for the Blu - ray Disc Association toupgrade discs to 128 GB capacity , Nipponese scientists have chance a way to increase DVD capacity by 1,000 times — using just a glossy of metal material over each disc .
https://gizmodo.com/blu-ray-discs-increasing-in-capacity-to-128gb-5510396
grant to Shin - ichy Ohkoshi , the interpersonal chemistry professor at the University of Tokyo lead the project , paint a variant of titanium oxide onto a videodisc will conduct electrical energy when put under light , but when hire off from light it turns back into smuggled metal .
Although it ’s unlikely to hit the market — at least , not anytime before the BDA launch those new discs — the Japanese squad ’s claim of the DVDs holding 1,000 more information than a Blu - ray certainly are impressive .
Blu - ray hold about five time the datum of DVDs currently ( 25 GB per single - layered disc and 50 GB for dual - superimposed discs , compared to 4.7 GB for single - layered DVDs or 8.5 GB for dual - layered ) , and despite millions each year buying a Blu - ray actor , enough more still own videodisc thespian and have no plans to upgrade . [ PhysOrg ]
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