A new Bluray BD format... here we go again

[Macmon]

Got this from Ultimate AV mag

No matter how much data storage is available in any medium, people always want more. Take Blu-ray, for example—one might think that 25 or 50GB would be plenty for just about any storage requirement, but some applications need even more. To address this insatiable demand, the Blu-ray Disc Association this week announced a new high-capacity recordable format called BDXL as well as a new hybrid format called IH-BD.

rest of topic found at...

http://www.ultimateavmag.com/news/new_blu-ray_formats_introduced/

[ment]

cool ;DD

[at_sunset_blvd]

It seems another tick will be on the loose to make passionist itch again     

[av_phile1]

As you might expect, both formats will require new hardware to record and play the new discs, but there's nothing preventing that hardware from being backward compatible with existing 25 and 50GB Blu-ray discs. I can only hope that a high-capacity ROM format is in the works to accommodate extra-long movies, especially upcoming 3D titles, which might not fit on a single conventional disc.

It means you need new BD players for 3D?

[FrancisS]

I hope firmware updates would be enough to allow us to play these new upcoming discs.

[av_phile1]

There are already firmware updates to PS3 and maybe to some other hardware.  But there's only so much current hard coded software or firmware can do to process 3D data. The absence of HDMI 1.4 is an example that limits current hardware from exploiting the full features of HD 3D.  And when it comes to media storage size needed for a complete 3D movie, if the current 50GB BD is not enough, no amount of firmware update can solve it. 

[joelsoldao]

magkano kaya pag nirelease to???waaaaaaaaaaa