HVD to offer mega-storage in 2006
By Kevin C. Tofel 
posted Nov 30th 2005 10:11AM
posted Nov 30th 2005 10:11AM
Instead of asking "HD-DVD or Blu-Ray?" next year, we might be asking "Holographic Video Disc or other
inferior products?" We're not even done with the current format war and the troops are already gearing up
for the next one. Actually, from the sounds of the new HVD, I may bypass the high-def DVD silliness
completely.We mentioned 200GB HVDs last month, but already Maxell has come forth with plans for 300 GB of digital capacity. It's still not enough for a whole season of "24" in high-def, but we're getting closer!
People have been saying that on many blogs for some time now. It makes sense to wait. If it really is as close as some it appears to be, there is absolutely no reason to by Blu-Ray or HD-DVD.
Welcome to the Technology Age "Next-Gen" DVD inventors. You may have just waited yourself out of the market.
Nonsense, and double-nonsense. There are other technologies being developed for higher-density storage as well - so what? Given everyone's hand-wringing over the minor potential manufacturing cost difference between BR and HD-DVD, I can't imagine anyone seriously thinking this HVD technology is gonna be economical any time soon. And I've not yet seen any cost estimates for manufacturing equipment, or consumer-grade players or recorders. We've already got equipment manufacturers and content providers lined up (with BR, IMHO) for an HD standard, so why slow things down further by going back to square one with another technology, even if it has higher capacity? Talk about waiting yourself out of a market: there'd never be any standard adopted, if we were always waiting for the technological bleeding edge. If they want to bring HVD to market for data-intensive and cost-insensitive uses, more power to them. But it'll have little bearing on the emerging mass market for HD movies and games.