Sony and Panasonic Upsizing Blu-ray Capacity
December 23rd, 2009
Current Blu-ray Discs can handle 25GB of data per layer, but Sony and Panasonic have developed a new technology to push the capacity to 33.4GB. Both Japanese companies have managed to bypass the bottleneck by implementing enhanced signal processing. Dubbed Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation (i-MLSE), the solution is compatible with the blue-violet laser optics found in existing Blu-ray players. Unfortunately, i-MLSE will require powerful hardware for complex calculations that may be beyond the recently launched models, as well as a simple firmware upgrade–the Sony PS3 is a prime candidate with its super computer-grade CELL processor.
