Novo DVD armazena dez mil vezes mais

Novo DVD armazena dez mil vezes mais, OJE de 22-05-2009

Discos ópticos de cinco dimensões com uma capacidade 10.000 vezes superior à dos actuais DVDs podem chegar ao mercado no prazo de 10 anos, revelaram investigadores baseados na Austrália. A equipa de cientistas da Swinburne University of Technology de Melbourne avançou que o segredo consiste na junção de nanopartículas e de uma dimensão de polarização à tecnologia já existente, o que possibilita o incremento extremo da capacidade de armazenamento sem necessidade de alterar o tamanho dos discos actuais. Os investigadores, que já assinaram um acordo com a Samsung Electronics, acrescentam que esta técnica inovadora lhes permitiu armazenar 1,6 terabytes de dados num único disco, antecipando o potencial de, no futuro, subirem esse valor até aos 10 terabytes.

Fnac Portugal em números: 10 anos

Visitantes em 10 Anos	mais de 143 milhões de visitantes
Nº Total de colaboradores	1.454
Média colaboradores por loja	90
Loja com maior nº de colaboradores	Colombo (160)
Cartões FNAC	227. 026
Livros vendidos	27.196.791
CDs vendidos	18.471.862
DVDs vendidos	9.165.000

Industry “missed boat” on Blu-ray this year

10:27 | Wednesday August 20, 2008

By Kyriaki Karadelis

Music titles may have missed the boat in the short term, according to a leading consultancy.

Futuresources’ music and mobile specialist David Sidebottom describes music release sales as “currently relatively insignificant” in the total Blu-ray market, which is expected to hit around 4.5m unit sales by the end of the year.

Sidebottom suggests that music titles will account for no more than 3-4% of the total market this year and also warns that manufacture and supply issues could further hamper sales in the fourth quarter because products might not be ready in time for the key selling months leading up to Christmas. He says: “Blu-ray music sales are expected to gain momentum by the end of the year, as stronger, high profile titles are released. As in the Music DVD market, evergreen and strong live acts will provide the majority of sales in the sector, with a more mature buyer evident.

He adds that although selected Blu-ray music titles could see significant volumes, a repeat of the success of the early days of Music DVD is unlikely.

94% of Americans Think Movie Downloads Are More Eco

Eighty-seven percent of respondents from a recent study believe renting DVDs at the video store or through mail services will become a thing of the past. I am not shocked at all considering what's available for download on iTunes, Amazon's streaming video, the fact that Xbox 360 streams Netflix movies, and the plethora of on-demand movie services.

The ecological positive of the trend is the fact that downloading movies is more convenient and eco-friendly than taking a drive out to the local video store. The survey, which was conducted by CinemaNow, reports that 94 percent of Americans believe that they make a bigger contribution to the environment by downloading a movie online than renting or buying at a video store. To check out additional findings, read more.

The poll found that consumer adoption of digital sharing features such as streaming to IP-enabled TV or loading content onto MP3 players still lags in comparison to burning DVDs. More than half (51 percent) of Americans say they’ve tried burning the digital movies onto DVDs versus 18 percent who have tried connecting them to set-top-boxes or cable box.

Have you shifted your download or streaming usage in this age of ever increasing and ridiculous gas prices?

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