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It is an extraordinary achievement and probably has some commercial applications. But I wonder about its practicality for the home user. How many people are going to want to store that much data (1.6 TeraBytes) on a Super DVD? The write time would be horrendous.
I would rather back up my data on a terabyte hard-drive with its read/write flexibility and faster access speeds.
And I wonder whether we are moving away from the motor-driven limitations of memory disks. Flash memory for example is increasing at a fast pace. No moving parts, reliable and compact. I have an old 128MB memory stick. Now 8GB ones are common. The ASUS Eee PCs uses flash-based memory of 2GB to 20G. The Macbook Air has a 128GB solid state hard drive.
Anyone else with any thoughts on the new Super DVD?
Regards, Rob.
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