Quote Originally Posted by Dire 51 View Post
Originally Posted by emceelokey
Those aren't LazerDiscs, Those are actually large Blu Ray Disc. What's going to happen is that they won't be able to compress anymore memory on a standard sized disc so they instead made the Blu-Ray the size of an LP. It's going to take a lot of space to compress holograms. I still think were on track.
Why, I do believe that you're correct:
Except that blu-ray isn't a holographic medium. It's basically the same as a regular DVD but uses a blue laser which has a shorter wavelength so it can fit more on the disc. Or am I misunderstanding what was being said?