Ritek boasting ten-layer HD DVD / Blu-ray discs?

***wraggster*** · January 13th, 2007, 00:19

via engadget

Forget single-layer media, that dual-layer stuff that was all the rage last year, and even the triple-layered flavor that got announced just days ago. Heck, even an eight-layer disc would be forced to bow down to the sure-to-be-outdone-soon ten-layer rendition supposedly crafted by Ritek. No sooner than we all celebrated the idea of a 51GB HD DVD, Ritek has reportedly "designed HD media with a full ten layers," not to mention the supposed three- and four-layer coasters it has laying around while working its way up. As if that weren't impressive enough, it also claims that this multi-layer process can be applied to both HD DVD and Blu-ray, a feat that Toshiba's recent creation can't quite compete with. Of course, Ritek officials were quick to point out that the "real barrier to this advancement is the lack of reader / writer laser diodes to support the additional layers," but if there really are 250GB BD discs just waiting to get spun, those lasers aren't too far behind.

**Video_freak** · January 13th, 2007, 00:28

250 GB discs?! And, one day, my grandchildren will laugh at how 250 GB was a big deal back in "the old days". =\

Oh well, for 2007, this is pretty awesome news!

**acn010** · January 13th, 2007, 00:34

it will be very bad if it gets scratch,then it wont work

**mike03$$$** · January 13th, 2007, 01:01

This better be only for blue ray disc I need this for my ps3

**alucard001** · January 13th, 2007, 02:20

Originally Posted by acn010

it will be very bad if it gets scratch,then it wont work

you are totally right.

**DCergo** · January 13th, 2007, 02:43

All bluray discs are have a protective composite 0.1mm coating on the surface, making them 100 times more durable than normal DVDs.

Read some FAQs about the various formulas companies are using on blurays: Durabis on TDK discs, Accucore/Scratch Guard on Sony discs, etc.

**Mister Klownes** · January 13th, 2007, 03:00

If I recall, Sony was boasting about this sort of capacity before BD players and burners even hit the market...kind of why I was quietly confident that BD would win the war...but BetaMax was a better quality product too. Price dictates everything, and a $1k burner plus a 250gb disc at who knows how much money isn't very appealing to Joe Public.

**DCergo** · January 13th, 2007, 03:34

Originally Posted by Mister Klownes

If I recall, Sony was boasting about this sort of capacity before BD players and burners even hit the market...kind of why I was quietly confident that BD would win the war...but BetaMax was a better quality product too. Price dictates everything, and a $1k burner plus a 250gb disc at who knows how much money isn't very appealing to Joe Public.

Costs tend to drop rapidly. It was only back in 2000 that a DVD burner would set you back between $2000 and $3000(US). And blanks were nearly $30US. Yet, DVD turned out fine, didn't it?