[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: CD Length (Was: Micro$loth Windoze 95 Badges)



In article <45j7e7$j6e@drivel.ics.uci.edu>, jlee@clyde.ics.uci.edu (Orion
Pax) wrote:

> Markus Buchhorn shook the fabric of space and wrote:
> : Just wait till we get the short wavelength lasers and get 2-3 times the 
> : playing time :-).
> 
> They've already got a format that uses short wavelength lasers and 2-3
> layers in the CD and it's giving 4 gigs.  Wait until they figure out how
> to use more layers, double-side it, and use holographic imaging. :)
>

Actually the new CD digital video discs have settled on a 4.7GB
single-sided disc. 133 Mins of digital video w 5-channel surround sound.
Let's see, at 44KHz that works out to around 7.5 hours of audio!

Supposedly the first players should be released mid-late 96... I can't wait!

-- 
John Brochu (jbrochu@tiac.net)