Introducing HVD

The technology is like that of today’s optical media except that it uses a unique application of servo information to substantially increase the capacity far beyond that of a DVD. The greater capacity reaches a level of 3.9TB and no that is not a misprint. TB or a Tera Byte equals 1000GB of data and that comes out to be roughly the equivalent of 210 DVDs and we’re talking just one Terabyte of info. Take a 3.9TB HVD disc and you would have the equivalent data storage of around 821 DVDs. That’s a HUMONGOUS amount of data capacity!

Just what could a colossal amount of data capacity be used for? The possibilities seem endless and I’m sure the technology will be put to good use. A few questions come to mind however when thinking about where we’re headed with this new technology including: how will manufacturers respond to the rapidly emerging new technologies? Or the consumer for that matter? Will the new format be made recordable so that you can make copies? I also wonder if companies will be able to come together to support one format, which I believe is key. The one thing I do know is that we’re about to see a whole new world of multimedia capability and recording applications that are hard to even imagine. Stay tuned, as I will surely post more articles on this topic.