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Originally Posted by s|k
Interesting. I noted though that it looks like it's all Japanese companies supporting this technology and without US companies' backing it wont get the support it needs to thrive (ie studios putting content on it, manufacturers creating players for it, etc).
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There is no real demand from the studios perspective for such high density media. At this point Blu ray discs are an ideal size for high definition content, and can be gradually upscaled to meet future image quality standards.
For example, a single layer blue ray disc can store roughly 2 hours of HD content (ie a 1080p movie). The latest LCD and Plasma TV's for home use are only just catching up to this level of resolution (ie Sony Bravia LCD TV's).
There really is no real need for anything larger than blu ray at this point from the movie perspective.
And as Dante has already said, physical removable storage is becoming less important these days, given the size of hard drives, the internet etc