New standard could pave way for higher capacity Blu-ray discs

Courtesy Engadget  Sat, 01/02/2010 - 09:27

Already feeling the pinch of a mere 25GB per layer on a Blu-ray disc?

Neither are we, but it looks like Sony and Panasonic have been busily working on ways to boost capacity nonetheless, and they've now devised a new method that seems to be on the fast track to becoming a standard.

The best news is that it doesn't involve a change in Blu-ray optics, but rather something called the Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation evaluation index (or...


 

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