Paper Blu-Ray Disks

[Jonbo298]

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994894

I just read it. Pretty interesting and cool. Still holds 25 gigs of data but only costs 51 cents to make! I want some screens of the paper disks. Better security and recycling is a plus with this paper method.

[Null]

Manufacturing cost = 51 cents
Cost to Consumer = 51 dollars
Profit = $50.49

Knowing your ripping all the consumers off with outragous prices... Priceless

[Jonbo298]

Originally Posted by Null

Manufacturing cost = 51 cents
Cost to Consumer = 51 dollars
Profit = $50.49

Knowing your ripping all the consumers off with outragous prices... Priceless

Basically thats what I was thinking when I read that it was only 51 cents.

[MasterMind]

I think it says "it consists of 51 per cent paper" not 51 cents to make. I thinks its pretty cool, but I hope it can handle scratches pretty well, because one small scratch can mean a lot of data.

[Typhoid]

The resulting prototype consists of 51 per cent paper but is still capable of storing up to 25 gigabytes of data. Regular DVDs have less than half this capacity.

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Good eye......good eye.......

[Dyne]

Good, a renewable resource. Let's just hope they're not too crazy about it and go and cut down multiple forests just for this.

[Stonecutter]

Pfft. 51?


151 is more like it, especially if they can make it small.

[Blackmane]

Who knows, it may work. Although I doubt everyone will be changing all of their cd storage to blu-ray disks anytime soon.