Forget DVDs,Blu-Ray,FMDs and HoloDiscs..THIS is the future!

nakamichi · Post by **nakamichi** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 4:50 pm

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 2004--Marshall Media Inc. (MMI), a privately held media company, announced today that it has successfully demonstrated 201 Gigabyte ROM optical media "direct write" technology capability, creating 70 nanometer lines between 40 nanometer space tracks for use with the next generation of blue violet laser diodes. "The company's patented MMI-Burn Technology provides 15 times higher density than Blu-Ray and faster CD and DVD manufacturing with superior duplication quality. The company plans to incorporate the MMI-Burn technology into its automated On-Demand manufacturing and packaging system in 2005," stated Charlie Marshall, Founder and CEO.

The present industry standard for the duplication process of a CD is 1 to 2 minutes, and for DVD, 12 to 14 minutes. One major benefit of the MMI-Burn technology is that it uses a "non-contact" duplication process that places the content on each disc in 1/10 of a second, at the same time providing "master disc" quality for every disk.

"This new technology puts MMI 5-10 years ahead of all existing media replication and duplication technologies," said John Trepl II, Chief Science Officer/Engineer for MMI. "We can now meet, and dramatically improve, industry production, with the added bonus of vastly improved quality reproduction by decreasing jitter to immeasurable levels although, we are inclined to defer to the critical listener," stated Trepl.

Data storage is limited by the pit feature size. Reducing feature size allows more data pits to be placed on the same size disc. The smaller pits have a tighter spiral track pitch, so more data can be stored. MMI's expanded density adds a new generation of density flexibility to CD/DVD manufacturing:

Year Smallest Pit Spiral Pitch Layer Capacity
CD: 1982 833nm 1,600nm .7 GB
DVD: 1994 398nm 740nm 4.7 GB
Blu Ray: 2006 150nm 320nm 27.0 GB
EBR: T.B.D. 69nm 100nm 201.0 GB
MMI: 2004 40nm 80nm All of the above

Marshall Media Inc., headquartered in Burbank, CA, a privately held media company, is the developer of the world's first automated instant manufacturing system for CDs and DVDs. The company plans to produce CD/DVDs ON-DEMAND enabling customer orders to be reproduced, printed, packaged and shipped within 24-48 hours of order initiation. Marshall Media is the first fully automated, 24/7 manufacturing system designed exclusively to produce digital CD/DVDs. In addition to the traditional CD/DVD market, the company expects to offer additional vertical services such as Digital Streaming Media, intellectual property administrative services, and technology licensing.

arrowhead · Post by **arrowhead** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:21 pm

you damn kids with your pacman video games, dan foggleberg.......

saber07 · Post by **saber07** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:37 pm

whats a cd?

Post by **Roofus** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:45 pm

Great, yet ANOTHER format.

I don't care if it does hold 200GB, we don't need 3 competing next-gen formats. I can't imagine anyone buying a CD-R/RW/DVD+/-R/RW/HD-DVD-R/RW/Blu-Ray-R/RW/MMI-R/RW burner. I'm not even sure they could fit the different laser assemblies into one drive.

Vchat20 · Post by **Vchat20** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:51 pm

agreed. they need to either make it so it only needs one laser AND make it cheap or decide on a single format and get rid of the rest.

S. Thompson · Post by **S. Thompson** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:00 pm

Yap! This is ridiculous. They aren't even using the media we have now efficiently.

- Fuzmeister

perry · Post by **perry** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:13 pm

Well I don't know about you people but I wouldn't mind a 200Gb disc. I can pretty much do an entire HDD backup then.

If all of the above is true anyway I don't see why anyone would use any of the other formats..

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:17 pm

The discs aren't created the same way as CDs and DVDs. Could that mean that consumer re-writable drives might not be possible?

compacho · Post by **compacho** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:39 pm

I don't t need that much capacity, but this format sounds perfect for game consoles and portables.

Post by **Roofus** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:43 pm

compacho wrote:but this format sounds perfect for game consoles and portables.

Why? Most (all?) games don't even come close to filling a standard DVD.

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:47 pm

Roofus wrote:
compacho wrote:but this format sounds perfect for game consoles and portables.
Why? Most (all?) games don't even come close to filling a standard DVD.

When the PS2 came out, most games didn't even fill a CD. Now, we're seeing more and more games that are needing dual-layered DVDs. If the next-generation of consoles aren't due out for another couple of years, and they last 5 or 6 years, then that means that we need to be thinking about what sort of space will be required by games in eight years time, not just right this very moment.

atf487 · Post by **atf487** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:07 pm

once dvd9s start holding us back considerably, THEN we launch a new format.

Nyarlathotep · Post by **Nyarlathotep** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:16 pm

Roofus wrote:
compacho wrote:but this format sounds perfect for game consoles and portables.
Why? Most (all?) games don't even come close to filling a standard DVD.

It lets game makers do what they clearly really want to be doing in the first place - making slightly interactive films.

See:
MGS2
FFX
Dragons Lair

more space for FMVs, CD quality licenced soundtracks, celebrity voiceovers and prerendered cut scenes = winnar

The only "DVD only" game I've ever bought that even came remotely close to justifying its size requirement is UT2K4

Post by **|darc|** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:22 pm

I believe the word is spelled "winner."

check your english degree for more details

Luriden · Post by **Luriden** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:23 pm

|darc| wrote:I believe the word is spelled "winner."

Heh, thought so.

saber07 · Post by **saber07** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:25 pm

no, he was using "winnar" as a sort of slang form of winner thus being acceptable

APE · Post by **APE** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:26 pm

Theres quite a few games past and present that would have benefited from dvd goodness. Silent Hill 3 and its 5 disks for pc, Riven and its 5 disks. And darc, everyone knows the word is winrar.

Post by **|darc|** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:27 pm

saber07 wrote:no, he was using "winnar" as a sort of slang form of winner thus being acceptable

Check your sarcasm detector. I think it's busted.

saber07 · Post by **saber07** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:38 pm

|darc| wrote:
saber07 wrote:no, he was using "winnar" as a sort of slang form of winner thus being acceptable
Check your sarcasm detector. I think it's busted.

whats sarcasm?

nakamichi · Post by **nakamichi** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 11:08 pm

winnar = something between Winner and WinRAR

Joke aside,it's just a misspelled word.
If this joking continues,this tiopic will get the Junk forum treatment.

So,continue on-topic in this off-topic discussion

(sounds a bit paradoxal)