While we won’t go so far as to say that Blu-ray is a dying technology, it does seem like the next logical form of ubiquitously adopted entertainment media will involve streaming content via online sources. The success of Netflix streaming business (and the conflicts created by this success) and Internet connected devices like the Roku [...]
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1 Comment »Remember when we posed the question as to “whether we’ll ever actually see 100GB Blu-ray disks?” Despite the technological feasibility and advances by companies such as Sharp, we debated whether the market forces that drive advances in data storage and archiving would lead to a consumer writable Blu-Ray disk of greater than 100GB capacity. Given [...]
Hey! I say today that Blu-ray may be 100GB, OK? While I clearly have no business attempting tech-poetry, my interest was piqued when I learned that Sharp has developed a laser that, when used in conjunction with theoretical triple and quad-layer Blu-ray disks, could increase the storage capacity of that medium up to 100GB. Existing [...]
Printing companies must love this trend. Coupled with the continued decline of traditional print media at the hands of online sources, the increase in popularity of eBook readers may very well deal a final blow to that industry’s lasting reign. To compete with Amazon’s Kindle and a handful of other 3G enabled eBook readers currently [...]
