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Re: CD Length (Was: Micro$loth Windoze 95 Badges)
- Subject: Re: CD Length (Was: Micro$loth Windoze 95 Badges)
- From: jbrochu@tiac.net (John Brochu)
- Date: 1995/10/13
- Distribution: world
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc, aus.computers.ibm-pc, aus.computers.sun, aus.computers.os2, aus.computers.amiga, comp.sys.amiga.misc, comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc, comp.sys.intel, comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc, comp.sys.misc, comp.s
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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)