Neue optische Speichermedien mit 1 Terabyte Speicher und der Größe heutiger CDs und DVDs könnten zwischen 2010 und 2015 auf den Markt kommen.
Diese “Multiplexed Optical Data Storage” (MODS) getaufte Technik, die in London entwickelt wird, ermögliche pro Schicht (Layer) um die 250 GB und damit das zehnfache einer Blu-ray-Disc.
“A single layer 250GB MODS disk could hold 118 hours or 7,080 minutes of broadcast quality film. This equates to:
*All 10 series of Friends (238 episodes at 25 minutes each = 5,950 minutes = 99 hours). All 10 series would fit on a MODS 118 hour disk.
*All three seasons of 24 (3 seasons at 3,240 minutes) Would fit on one single sided disk twice.
*The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Would fit 13 times on one single sided disk.
*Every episode of Only Fools and Horses (2,830 minutes) would fit on single layer disk 2.5 times over.
*Sex and the City (94 35 minute episodes = 3,290 minutes) would fit twice on 250GB single sided disk.
*The Sopranos (65 episodes at 60 mins = 2,100 mins) would fit three times.
*Buffy the Vampire Slayer (144 episodes at 45 mins each = 6,480 minutes / 108 hours) would all fit on one single sided disk.
*The West Wing (113 episodes aired so far (in USA) at 60 mins = 113 hours) would fit on one 250GB single sided disk.
A double sided, double layer 1TB MODS disk could hold 472 hours or 28,320 minutes of broadcast quality film. This equates to:
*Star Trek, Next Generation: all 178 hour-long episodes.
*ER: all 231 episodes so far.
*BUT even a 1TB disk wouldn’t be big enough to hold every episode of Eastenders made so far.
(Episode information from http://www.tvtome.com, http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide and http://www.snpp.com)” – Quelle: Pressemitteilung des Imperial College in London
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