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General Gaming / RE:PlayStation 3 will use Blue-Ray discs
« on: August 22, 2004, 08:50:40 PM »Quote
Originally posted by: SgtShiversBen
Man, Sony is severly screwing everyone here!! With this Blu-Ray technology you can get MORE than 50GBs on one "CD." Blu-Ray technology is what has been the main problem with FMD discs. With these discs you can hold up to one TERABYTE!! Count it, that's 1000 GBs. These CDs are ready for mass producing and don't cost much, actually cheaper than standard DVDs. Goshdarn technology. Lying to us saying this is the wave of the future....I guess so was Beta. ;-) Stupid Sony.
Wow, and I thought I was the only one who remembered FMD's. Why doesnt anyone talk about them is beyone me. Not only are the drives compatible with DVD's and CD's, they also hold much more than Blu-Ray and HD-DVD combined. This would be the ideal format for Nintendo systems. Not only would they have more storage than Sony could muster, they wouldnt be paying Sony royalities for the technology. Plus, in addition to the discs, FMD card's were designed too. These cards are about the size of a credit card, and with storage sizes of 10GB and up, it would be the perfect medium for "GBEvolution" (that is, if Evolution is Nintendo's technological answer to the PSP, but that's a whole new ballgame right there). Nintendo should definetly invest in this tech before this gem is discovered by others.
Edit: here's a website on the FMD tech.
