[NewJerseyJoe]

Pioneer better be careful. If this succeeds, the company could be subject to a windfall profits tax.....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Small messup on the legend for the photos at the bottom....

[Rebelbase]

Has it really been that long ago.....

[ShadowAce]

[martin_fierro]

The Hard Drive Coffee Table top is an original 26″ diameter hard drive platter from an early storage device (circa 1970). The center hub of the platter is solid aluminum. The custom-created pedestal is also solid aluminum; a cylinder measuring 5.9″ in diameter and 18.5″ in length. It has a machined top and bottom to fit into the hard drive hub and base, respectively. The base is a solid aluminum 12″ diameter, 1.75″ high round obtained from a now-defunct government laboratory. Four bolts are screwed into tapped holes in the pedestal in order to secure the hard drive platter and the pedestal is press-fit into the base. It is covered with standard 1/4″ table glass. The completed design measures 19.5″ high and weighs 64 pounds.

[kevkrom]

Okay... since according to the Blue-ray FAQ, a dual-layer (50 GB) disc can hold 9 hours of HD video or 23 hours of SD video, a 16-layer version works out to 72 hours of HD video or 184 hours of SD video on a single disc. Plus, the ability to store some 400 GB on a single disc means it might be practical to start using optical disks as large-scale computer backups again.

[library user]

Come back to me when they can fit a terrabyte on a single disc. /sarc