1 TB Blu-ray compatible disc announced

An optical disc capable of holding up to 1TB of data (1 TB = 1000 GB) has not only been planned, but has already been successfully tested in March 2008, the suggested date of availability being around 2010-2011.

"An article on The Register tells the news of an announcement of a new 1TB optical drive and disc that will be backwardly compatible with Blu-ray discs. The technology, developed by Call/Recall in partnership with Nichia, uses a rhodamine-type dye in a 200+-layer recording medium that gives off light when excited by a laser beam, along with a single fluid-filled lens to read multiple layers by varying the amount of fluid to change the focal length. The technology is designed to work with Nichia's blue-violet laser diodes, which are already used in Blu-ray drives."

Full article here.

- source: N4G -