Sony and Panasonic announced the "heir" of Blu-ray

Over the past few years, Blu-ray technology has become quite common, being integrated into media players, game consoles (PlayStation 3, for example) and some other devices. Due to the large amount of information that was placed on the Blu-ray disc, the same game manufacturers could fit a lot of graphic information on such media.

Now, according to Sony and Panasonic, it is time to introduce the next generation of recording technology on CDs. A joint team of specialists from both companies has developed a “successor” of Blu-ray, a technology called Archival Disc. Each such disk can fit up to 1TB of information.
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Of course, compact discs are becoming less and less popular due to the rapid development of cloud technologies. Nevertheless, in many areas, "compacts" are still in demand, and even more than.

If you take the same games, the ability to fit 1TB of data on a disc gives game manufacturers almost unlimited possibilities. And even if we take into account the increasingly active penetration of broadband access to more and more distant regions, it will take a long time to download the same game per terabyte or a little less. According to the developers, in addition to the gamers themselves, disks of similar size can use various kinds of services, including Playstation Now.

Regular users, in addition to games, will receive, for example, the entire seasons of their favorite TV shows or TV shows recorded on a single CD.

The current implementation of Archival Disc provides for bilateral compacts, with three layers on each side. By the way, the laser system is used almost the same as for Blu-ray.

Archival Disc launch year is announced and it will be 2015. First, 300 GB disks will appear on sale, then 500 GB, and after that - 1TB.

Via dvice