I was just chatting this over with a few mates and thought I'd share my ideas. What with the new range of opticals coming in (blu-ray and HD-DVD) why dont companies think about shrinking down the standard size of disks?
Allow me to explain. Basically we already see 6cm disks. As dvds, they hold 1.6gb capacity. With Blu-Ray or HD-DVD methods they could hold easily more then a standard dvdr. Still making it a good step. Also if 6cm disks became the norm then the size of the drives could shrink down to 3.5" drive sizes, and we would never need the 5.25" drive bays again, reducing the size of cases, storage for films in shops or at home, everything. Cheeper manufacturing costs, less waste. Suddenly the world is a better place
Hell I would love my film collection to be all on mini-opticals, stored in their little cases! The companies with the new tech could prolly easily shrink down the size of the disks central hole by miles too, making a small grip method or something. This would increase capacity even more.
Thoughts?
Allow me to explain. Basically we already see 6cm disks. As dvds, they hold 1.6gb capacity. With Blu-Ray or HD-DVD methods they could hold easily more then a standard dvdr. Still making it a good step. Also if 6cm disks became the norm then the size of the drives could shrink down to 3.5" drive sizes, and we would never need the 5.25" drive bays again, reducing the size of cases, storage for films in shops or at home, everything. Cheeper manufacturing costs, less waste. Suddenly the world is a better place
Hell I would love my film collection to be all on mini-opticals, stored in their little cases! The companies with the new tech could prolly easily shrink down the size of the disks central hole by miles too, making a small grip method or something. This would increase capacity even more.
Thoughts?