Sony to increase Blu-ray storage capacity

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New 33.4GB discs will be compatible with current players after a firmware update.

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Sony and Panasonic have announced plans to increase the capacity of Blu-ray discs from 25GB to 33.4GB. Exactly how this has been achieved is explained over on Nikkei - it's something to do with a "new method of evaluating Blu-ray Disc media quality".

According to Kotaku, the higher capacity discs will be fully compatible with excising Blu-ray players, with only a firmware update required. This also means the extra storage could be used for cramming even more content onto PS3 game releases.

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thompo555@ rbevanx

Yes I spose, they could do it by making you put in a free request for the patch and stendhal it via post? It would save money just sending them out randomly.
Posted 18:26 on 06 January 2010
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rbevanx@ thompo555

Yeah but if they dont have internet, they will still have the same problem lol.
Posted 18:20 on 06 January 2010
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thompo555

They will put it on the website then won't they?
Posted 18:19 on 06 January 2010
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rbevanx

Yeah like others have said.

I'm all for it as long as the drive dosen't run slower.

The only problem is what about people who don't have internet.

Are they gonna send out update discs to customers as well?
Posted 18:16 on 06 January 2010
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thompo555@ ghostdog25

Thay have have they not? Thought MGS4 was a dual layer making it 50gb?
Posted 16:59 on 06 January 2010
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ghostdog25

I hope there isn't an issue with speed. I'm all for it. I think this is just the start of a big movement. Kinda like an Ace up the sleeve. Sony could very well increase it to 50gigs if they wanted. More space... more space for the devs to use and manipulate to squeeze stuff on the disc for the PS3. Good job SONY.
Posted 16:55 on 06 January 2010
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thompo555@ pblive

I would buy a faster blu-ray!

Seems like a good idea, will make graphics better as they will not have to compress them as much (i think?)
Posted 16:07 on 06 January 2010
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pblive

Good idea as long as it doesn't impact speed.

What they should work on though is some way to increase the read speed or an option to send your PS3 away for a faster Blu-ray drive.
Posted 14:38 on 06 January 2010