Neocron is Real

[nightwind]

This is somewhat suprising..

"2005
Holographic mass storage media are introduced to the world market. The Holodisk is scanned with a laser and even the introductory model can contain amounts of data which are more than 100 times bigger than the maximum capacity of conventional mass media based on magnetic fields." - http://cp.neocron.com/10/history

"Holographic storage devices could be on sale within two years, according to US firm and Bell Labs spin-off InPhase Technologies which demonstrated a prototype holographic drive this week.

InPhase says this prototype will be the foundation of its forthcoming Tapestry range of holographic drives, which it plans to launch commercially before the end of next year, according to reports, with data capacities ranging from 200GB to 1.6TB on a single disk." - http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/storage/0...39183215,00.htm

[Nidhogg]

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[Masentaja]

Dear god :eek:
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[nightwind]

that is weird i just read from that page this morning

Edit:thish link should work http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/storage/0,39020366,39183215,00.htm

[Masentaja]

Better =F

[Obsidian X]

You didn't know? They've already started creating Ceres disks with this technology, they just don't want you to know about them... :p

[Terayon]

Ya its been mentioned a few times before. Holodisks where actualy invented like 20 years ago, but ya.

[nobby]

i've always thought that the Neocron History would come true...
next major thing...."2009, NASA launches their first successful misson on Mars" :lol: :p :D :p :lol: :D

[Masentaja]

Hmmm... maybe with an actual ceres disc, I could get more intelligent! Yes! That is an answer to all my problems :D

On serious note, farewell dvd's. (not yet though)

[[KoS]Brad]

Shame DVDs only been around a few years max, BTW lets make KK sue the US Gov for stealing the idea :D

[nobby]

:lol:

[Mighty Mouse]

do u really think KK is smart enought o win at court i mean they cant even make a damn game work right i hate to see them in cort

[Ascension]

i've always thought that the Neocron History would come true...
next major thing...."2009, NASA launches their first successful misson on Mars" :lol: :p :D :p :lol: :D

Nasa can suck my left.. toe, the whole moon landing was a hoax.. and they'd proberly do the same for mars :p

[Mr Kot]

Well, if 2005 does see the invention of the real Ceres disks, looks like i'd better start working on my xp. I think i might just have reached WoC level 1 by 2780 :p

[CMaster]

Brad']Shame DVDs only been around a few years max,

DVDs have been commercially availble since 1995.
The technlogy they are based on was developed in the late 1980s.
They are OLD. You can expect a similar time-span before theses holodisks are household items too.
In the mean time, DVD is going to be replaced by HDTV, which will require you to buy a new TV, HDTV player, and all your movies on HDTV disks (which will most likely just be another optical disc with higher data capcity, probably the same multiplier between DVD and HDTV as there was between CD and DVD. Oh, and HDTV is an 80s idea too. It just fell flat on its face back then.)

[MkVenner]

yeah but what more do you want on a DVD, movie wise i mean, you can get a 2 hour film +, plus more special features than you can shake a stick at, what more could you want? I suppose all 3 films in a trilogy on one disc mebbe...

[Tratos]

Well its 2005, talking about sueing, arnt the transformers supposed to be arriving on the planet this year? :lol:

[CMaster]

HDTV = High Defintion TeleVision.
HDTV resolution is hugely higher than DVD resolution. DVD really isnt that great a quality. Fine for your home 28" TV, but if you try to blow it up a lot, lik on a 40"+ plasma or a digital projector, you notice.
Also, the marketing people will find some way of making you buy, hence forcing you to upgrade.