One single Blu-ray Disc can now store more than 27 times the capacity of a standard DVD, as the Blu-ray Disc Association has approved a quad-layer “BDXL” standard.
The BDXL standard also provides specification for a triple-layer re-writable Blu-ray Disc capacity of 100 GB. However, DigitalTrends.com reports that no Blu-ray player on the market today will be compatible with BDXL.
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The format is preliminarily being targeted at professional applications such as archiving and medial imaging. However, years down the line, especially as more data-intensive 3D Blu-ray content becomes pervasive, expect BDXL to come to the home market as well.
The announcement is big news for the Blu-ray Disc Association, as it shows that technology is still improving and evolving for the world of disc-based media.
“The BDA worked diligently to create an extension of the Blu-ray Disc format that leverages the physical structure of the design of the disc to create even more storage capacity,” said the association’s committee chair Victor Matsuda in a statement.