Why This New CD Could Change Storage

The compact disk was a popular storage medium for the late 20th century, then it disappeared seemingly left only for the history books. But not so fast. Researchers have figured out a way to fit a whopping 200,000 GB onto a new type of disk. In this episode we'll take a look.

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The mixing of the use of bits and bytes is driving me nuts: 1.6 Petabits = 0.2 Petabytes.

[vectoralphaSec]

With physical media going away and everything being digital "Not owned" by us, I fully 1000% welcome physical media disks back with open arms.

[cyanoure]

"When was the last time you used a CD?"
Me: "2 weeks ago"

[googlesucks]

Maybe put the disc in a casing like the mini disc.

Losing 700 MB is one thing but losing 1.6 petabits because your disc got scratched up or stained would be a bit hard to swallow.

[sshah]

Would love to see this come back. Local, hard, disconnected storage is guaranteed security

[Kingdoms.Kobolds_]

The best format optical discs could return in would be MiniDiscs, in which the optical disc is encased in a plastic cartridge casing, protecting it from environmental exposure. It is more complicated to produce but is far more enduring and also smaller. Small enough to be used with portable music devices and making it better for use on the go

[GeneralKenobi]

Finally, a storage device with enough space to fit my Loona latex bondage collection

[IsaacFoster..]

So, basically, it's possible to store 200tb on a CD but very expensive and time consuming to read or write on it. But if the read/write speeds improve, data centers can use this tech.

[FreshSqueezedLightning]

I feel a little bit like with everyone being so sick of subscriptions and not owning anything but just renting it, that physical media is going to get a very passionate resurgence, if not just as a niche interest

[shaenni]

Something like this disc technology actually got designed many years ago in Australia. They called it a 5D (5 dimensional) disc. Then it just vanished nothing happened. It was said that a company bought it and shelved the patent.

[grimeto]

Actually, the assumption that people prefer online only media to cosnume might be wrong. People are starting to realize that you don't really own the digital content, you just get e permision to use it. The feeling of really "owning" something might become more preferable in time as companies start to abuse ther power over the digital market.

[FiftySixishTV]

I want the entirety of a television series in full HD on one disc. Talk about the best of both worlds, convenient to binge without having to get up and change discs constantly, AND you actually get to own it

[sickomode]

I swear bro 1970s to early 2000s Japan was an engineering haven.

[shadedskys]

We need ownership of our products. If they can scale this technology for commercial use in just the gaming, music, and multimedia industries, I think a significant portion of the population would welcome the return of the CD with open arms.

[sagitta]

As someone who have baffled over Ubisoft decision to kill The Crew and erasing it from it's player library, and also as someone who're not having fast internet connection. I think this technology could bring physical games back to the market! 200k GB? That was Insane!

[whatthefunction]

I remember switching from cassettes to cds and feeling like I lived in the year 3000

[yigiterol]

it is probably going to be like LTO tapes. The disks themselfes will be cheap but the drive that reads them will be expensive.

[hakimehamdouchi]

I so want this technology to be available for the public. Imagine saving all your sensitive data on a disk that you can keep safe for 50 years. I recently lost my 20 years pictures after an old drive died (the back up drive died too) and I don't think I will recover from it.

[Shaker]

The LTO consortium is probably the main reason tape storage is so rare in the consumer space. Producers in the consortium can't even agree on standards, and are pretty hostile towards each other.

[Outis]

I want physical media back. I want to own my movies, music and video games