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Holographic storage goes beyond current storage limits of medium such as cd's or hard drives by not just recording on the surface but on the complete depth of that medium. Holographic storage doesent just record one bit at a time like other storage technology but can record and read millions of bits of information in parrellel with one flash of light thus increasing the transfer rates of reading and writing. Holograph storage hopes to be the next generation of storage by combining fast transfer of data, releible, derable and low cost media. Holographic storage can put 2gb on a stamp, 20gb on a credit card or 200gb on a cd sized disk.

The following is a statement by HD DVD: “Today’s announcement by 20th Century Fox regarding its support of the Blu-ray Disc format is surprising and misleading in terms of which format provides for more robust copy protection.

At a recent Toshiba road show in the US they demonstrated their upcoming HD-DVD specification and a few more details became available as to what we can expect from the format when it launches in the US late (November) this year – it will launch with 89 titles available in HD. The audience reaction was very positive to the comparable images shown in both standard DVD and HD-DVD.