Researchers in Australia are developing DVD discs based on 'Nano' technology which have the potential to store around 20,000 hours of film, the equivalent of 10,000 movies.Ultra-DVD's are the same thickness as conventional DVD's but use 'nano rods', tiny particles of gold, to store data.
The new technology could be available to consumers within five years and has the potential to usher in the next big revolution in home entertainment. With such a huge storage capacity the new discs could store vast amounts of High Definition material or three dimensional content.
Ultra-DVD's have the potential to store 10,000GB of data, dwarfing the 8.5GB storage capacity of a conventional DVD or even the 50GB of High Definition 'Blu-ray' discs.
A member of the research team at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Professor Min Gu commented: "We were able to show how nano-structured material can be incorporated onto a disc to increase capacity without increasing its size".
A collaborative deal has been agreed between the researchers and Korean electronics giant Samsung. New DVD players would be a feature of the new technology - so get ready to dump those old Blu-ray players ...
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