Holographic Versatile Card
Encyclopedia
The Holographic Versatile Card (HVC) is a data storage
format
by Optware; the projected date for a Japan
ese launch had been the first half of 2007, pending finalization of the specification, however as of July 2010, nothing has yet surfaced. One of its main advantages compared with discs is the lack of moving parts when played. They claim it will hold 30GB
of data, have a write speed 3 times faster than Blu-ray, and be approximately the size of a credit card
. Optware claims that at release the media will cost about ¥
100 (roughly $1.20) each, reader devices are set to cost about ¥200,000(roughly $2400) while reader/writer devices are to cost ¥1 000,000 (roughly $12000, as per exchange rate of Apr 2011) each.
Image of HVC
Data storage device
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format
Recording formats
A recording format is a format for encoding data for storage on a storage medium. The format can be container information such as sectors on a disk, or user/audience information such as analog stereo audio. Multiple levels of encoding may be achieved in one format...
by Optware; the projected date for a Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese launch had been the first half of 2007, pending finalization of the specification, however as of July 2010, nothing has yet surfaced. One of its main advantages compared with discs is the lack of moving parts when played. They claim it will hold 30GB
Gigabyte
The gigabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage. The prefix giga means 109 in the International System of Units , therefore 1 gigabyte is...
of data, have a write speed 3 times faster than Blu-ray, and be approximately the size of a credit card
Credit card
A credit card is a small plastic card issued to users as a system of payment. It allows its holder to buy goods and services based on the holder's promise to pay for these goods and services...
. Optware claims that at release the media will cost about ¥
¥
¥ is a currency sign used by the Japanese yen and the Chinese yuan currencies. The symbol resembles a Latin letter Y with a double stroke. The base unit of both currencies shared the same Chinese character pronounced yuán in Mandarin Chinese and en in Standard Japanese...
100 (roughly $1.20) each, reader devices are set to cost about ¥200,000(roughly $2400) while reader/writer devices are to cost ¥1 000,000 (roughly $12000, as per exchange rate of Apr 2011) each.
Image of HVC
See also
- DVDDVDA DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
- HD DVDHD DVDHD DVD is a discontinued high-density optical disc format for storing data and high-definition video.Supported principally by Toshiba, HD DVD was envisioned to be the successor to the standard DVD format...
- Blu-ray DiscBlu-ray DiscBlu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
- Holographic Versatile DiscHolographic Versatile DiscThe Holographic Versatile Disc is an optical disc technology developed between April 2004 and mid-2008 that can store up to several terabytes of data on an optical disc the same size as a CD, DVD or Blu-ray disc. It employs a technique known as collinear holography, whereby a green and red laser...
- Holographic memory
- VaporwareVaporwareVaporware is a term in the computer industry that describes a product, typically computer hardware or software, that is announced to the general public but is never actually released nor officially canceled. Vaporware is also a term sometimes used to describe events that are announced or predicted,...
External links
- Optware Creator of HVC format.
- Engadget News report on the Holographic Versatile Card
- Über Gizmo News report on the Holographic Versatile Card