Sony and Panasonic, who jointly developed the Blu-ray optical disc format, announced an agreement Monday to develop a next-generation disc with a far larger capacity.

The Blu-ray optical disc format, once a bastion of hope for reviving the home entertainment industry, is struggling to survive under the assault of video-on-demand and downloads.

Current HD content (Blu-ray discs) require 10’s of GB of storage capacity (single layer disc is about 25 GB capacity and a double layer discs, like 3D Blu-ray discs, have capacities of about 50 GB).

The two companies have paired up to jointly develop a next-generation standard for optical discs that will be able to hold at least 300GB of recorded material (a typical Blu-ray disc for a film ...

A team of researchers has developed an optical disc that holds an incredible 200 terabytes of data - over 4,000 times more ...

Fees for the new product licenses will be $9.50 for a Blu-ray Disc player and $14 for a Blu-ray Disc recorder; disc fees will be $0.11 for a read-only disc, ... with optical-drive IP ...

The M-DISC, including the new 25GB M-DISC Blu-ray and the standard 4.7 GB M-DISC, is constructed of inorganic rock-like materials, resistant to light, temperature and humidity.

This explains the enduring appeal of Blu-ray discs amid the demise of other optical disc formats. Blu-ray discs generally offer around 50GB of storage (occasionally 100GB) in order to support HD ...

Pioneer has announced a 16-layer read-only optical disc with a capacity of 400 gigabytes which it will unveil at the ISOM/ODS2008 on July 13. The disk’s per-layer capacity is 25 gigabytes, which ...

Sony revealed its decision at a press conference held by the Blu-ray Disc Founders (BDF), an organization committed to developing and standardizing the next-generation optical disc format.

Not much information here, but it looks like TDK isn’t going to be leading the Blu-ray optical market for much longer. Word is that Maxell is also working on a 200GB-capacity Blu-ray disc.

If you need more storage, you can buy blank Blu-ray discs that can hold 25GB or 50GB. A 10-pack of 50GB blank Blu-ray discs costs under $20. It is not a bad choice for backing up a large music or ...