Monthly Archives: May 2005

Iomega aiming for 800GB DVDs

Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 by MegaZone

Storage company Iomega is looking to increase the capacity of DVDs up to 100 times, meaning it could, conceivably, create 800GB discs. Well, have another wild card in the mix. Sounds like this is an evolution of red laser using … Continue reading →

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PVRs selling like hotcakes

Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 by MegaZone

The number of households subscribing to personal video recording services has grown to 9.2 million, up about 155 percent from a year ago, according to a new study from In-Stat.

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TDK Develops 100GB Blu-ray Disc

Posted on Friday, May 20, 2005 by MegaZone

TDK has developed a prototype Blu-ray Disc that can store twice as much data, and record it at twice the speed, as existing Blu-ray Discs. So you have a 3-layer, 45GB HD-DVD? That’s nice kid, here’s a nickel. 4-layer, 100GB … Continue reading →

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TiVo News, Vol. 68: Burn, TiVo, Burn!

Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 by MegaZone

TiVo’s latest newsletter.

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Sony, Toshiba presidents to meet on new DVD format

Posted on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 by MegaZone

The presidents of Japanese electronics giants Sony (6758.T), Toshiba (6502.T) and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (6752.T) will meet to try to break a stalemate in talks over a unified format for next-generation DVD technology, a source close to the matter … Continue reading →

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