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Only the suits stand between you and 100GB Blu-ray discs
crunchgear.com - 9/12/2009
Only the suits stand between you and 100GB Blu-ray discs
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Sharp (yes Sharp, I was surprised too) has developed an improved version of the current technology used to read and write Blu-ray discs. By changing the way the discs are made and improving the laser, Sharp has been able to increase the maximum capacity of the Blu-ray disc to 75GB and 100GB, ...
Sharp Develops Semiconductor Laser for Triple, Quadruple-layer Blu-ray Discs -- Tech-On!
techon.nikkeibp.co.jp - 9/11/2009
Sharp Develops Semiconductor Laser for Triple, Quadruple-layer Blu-ray Discs -- Tech-On!
— techon.nikkeibp.co.jp — Sharp Corp developed a blue-violet semiconductor laser whose optical output is as high as 500mW under pulsed... operation for use in Blu-ray Disc (BD) recorders. It has an oscillation wavelength of 405nm and a capability of writing at 8x speed on ... (more) Sharp Develops Semiconductor Laser for Triple, ...

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Sharp Readies BD-100 Blu-ray Laser
blu-ray.com - 9/11/2009
Sharp Readies BD-100 Blu-ray Laser
— blu-ray.com — At the 70th Autumn Meeting of the Japan Society of Applied Physics being held this week, Sharp... announced that they have successfully created a Blu-ray laser diode which operates at a maximum of 500mW, enough to burn four-layer Blu-ray discs. This ... (more) Sharp Readies BD-100 Blu-ray Laser

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Sharp develops laser for 100GB Blu-ray discs
electronista.com - 9/11/2009
Sharp develops laser for 100GB Blu-ray discs
— electronista.com — Sharp on Friday revealed a blue-violet laser that it says could lead to triple-layer or even quad-layer... Blu-ray discs. The light is as strong as 500mW and achieves the feat by putting an aluminum oxynitride layer between the laser's crystal and the ... (more) Sharp develops laser for 100GB Blu-ray discs

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GadgetReview:  Blu-Ray Disc Capacity Now Maxes Out At 100GB

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Blu-Ray Disc Capacity Now Maxes Out At 100GB
GadgetReview — ... will this affect Blu-ray players already out in the field?  Will this new tech render them useless in the coming years?  That would definitely have a negative effect on early adopters and those on the fence now in regards to committing to the format. We are just now starting to see larger Blu-Ray offerings such as game collections and TV seasons on one disc, but what could be done with 100GB’s? Any thoughts? Read ...

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