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Paper DVDs
Sony develops paper DVD Mon Apr 19,11:49 AM ET
TOKYO (AFP) - Electronics giant Sony and another Japanese company have developed a "paper disc" that can record more than two hours of high-definition images and be destroyed with scissors for foolproof data security, officials said.
The 25-gigabite Blu-ray optical disc is 51 percent paper and was developed jointly with Toppan Printing Co. Ltd. of Japan.
"Since a paper disc can be cut by scissors easily, it is simple to preserve data security when disposing of the disc," Toppan managing director Hideaki Kawai said in a joint statement with Sony.
What is the world coming to... well, what do you think? Will a paper dvd be better? Or will too many kids accidentally rip them up by accident, if made commercial? It'd be harder to scratch though, for one thing. Interesting, very interesting...
Gender: Male Location: Welfare Kingdom of California
I was reading this part of the article "The combination of paper material and printing technology is also expected to lead to a reduction in cost per disc and will expand usage, the two partners said. It has yet to be decided when the disc will be commercially available". Sounds like Paper DVD will be cheaper. I don't think the industry would like that. It could reduce piracy. The industry might be taking a good step in the fight agains't bootleging.
Gender: Male Location: Huntington Beach, California
i was messing kozzy, but yeah, i still think this idea will fail miserably. I have a problem with keeping my disks scratch free and readable. Who know's what havok i'll create when i can simply rip them in half.
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Paper DVDs
Apr 19th, 2004 08:10 PM
who in hell would WANT a paper dvd? seriously.
