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One Second Film Downloads: BD's Worst Nightmare?
March 4, 2008

IBM is touting the ability to digitally deliver a high-def film in one second. Seriously. This prototype technology named 'green optical link' allows for hyper-high speed data transfer by utilizing light photons. IBM explains the nitty gritty details here. If you don't want to slog through the specifications, the main gist of what IBM is promising is server bandwith will greatly expand, allowing people access to millions of high-def movies and video clips in seconds. If this does really get off the ground, green optical link could prove stiff competition for Blu-ray. Getting a high-def movie in a second sure beats searching for a parking spot at my local Best Buy/Wal-Mart/Target etc. And getting a high-def movie in a second sounds better than waiting for it to be shipped out by Amazon.com.
However, one thing I couldn't find explained is whether IBM has also solved the problem of high-def data storage on computers. Downloading something quick is great, but where am I supposed to put it? I only have so much hard disc capacity. And I can't keep buying new back-up drives to hold a fattenting high-def library. It's way cheaper to just buy a new bookcase to store BD titles. But that's just me!
 

Posted by Susanne Ault on March 4, 2008 | Comments (2)