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Sharp announces first 100GB Blu-ray disc
Blu-ray disc capacity just jumped substantially.
Sharp, a member of the Blu-ray Association, announced Monday that it's going to be the first optical disc maker to launch a new Blu-ray format that offers 100GB of storage space.
The existing dual-layer Blu-ray format offers a cap of 50GB per disc. The new format, called VR-100BR1, will use a new triple-layer standard that enables even more data to be squeezed onto the same amount of physical space.
According to Sharp, the VR-100BR1 disc is made based on the new BDXL format specification introduced by the Blu-ray Disc Association in April. This … Read more
