# Panasonic says that its 100GB Blu-ray discs will last a century **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [October 22, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/panasonic-says-that-its-100gb-blu-ray-discs-will-last-a-century/204695 "2006-10-22T17:00:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pablosci](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/pablosci/32/1321_2.png) [@pablosci](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pablosci)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/panasonic-says-that-its-100gb-blu-ray-discs-will-last-a-century/204695/1 "2006-10-22T17:00:12Z")
> [Panasonic says that its new 4-layer [URL=“http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/19/tdk-announces-100gb-blu-ray-disc/”]100GB [URL=“http://engadget.com/tag/blu-ray”]Blu-ray](http://engadget.com/tag/panasonic) discs are so durable that you’ll be able to retrieve the data in 100 years’ time (which reminds us a lot of the claims they originally made about CDs, as one may recall). The company has been at work for the last few years making use of “tellurium suboxide palladium-doped phase-change recording films” (or Te-O-Pd, for those in the know) to improve the capacity of its Blu-ray discs. But the company has now achieved what appears to be the optimal ratio for durability and size: a 100GB disc that will last you a century. Of course, a few months ago Panasonic scientists completed a research paper showing a disc-making technique that kicked that timeframe up to 500 years, but could only hold 50GB of data. So that may indicate that if you have 1GB that you really need to be preserved for the next several thousand years, you may want to get some serious cash together and give Panasonic a ring. Of course, all of these developments assume that firstly in 100 years Blu-ray readers will have won the format war, and secondly, will still be around. > **[Panasonic says that its 100GB Blu-ray discs will last a century](https://www.engadget.com/2006-10-19-panasonic-says-that-its-100gb-blu-ray-discs-will-last-a-century.html)** > > Panasonic says that its new 4-layer 100GB Blu-ray discs are so durable that you'll be able to retrieve the data in 100 years' time (which reminds us a lot of the claims they originally made about CDs, as one may recall). The company has been at work... ---
**Author:** ![saxplayer13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@saxplayer13](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/saxplayer13)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/panasonic-says-that-its-100gb-blu-ray-discs-will-last-a-century/204695/2 "2006-10-23T18:40:32Z")
The sad part is that a 2GB flash drive can hold my whole life. 100 GB is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![Anogar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Anogar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Anogar)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/panasonic-says-that-its-100gb-blu-ray-discs-will-last-a-century/204695/3 "2006-10-23T19:22:18Z")
Blu-ray can hold over 200gb. 😑 ---
**Author:** ![evildrummer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/evildrummer/32/2308_2.png) [@evildrummer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/evildrummer)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/panasonic-says-that-its-100gb-blu-ray-discs-will-last-a-century/204695/4 "2006-10-23T19:23:44Z")
Yeah but the 250gb blu-ray discs are said to be un-used at the moment because they are completely weak and are destroyed and ruined so so so easily. ---
**Author:** ![travis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/travis/32/13217_2.png) [@travis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/travis)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/panasonic-says-that-its-100gb-blu-ray-discs-will-last-a-century/204695/5 "2006-10-24T00:09:45Z")
[QUOTE=kenshin;1983162]Yeah reguardless of the maximum time capacity, the storage is stupendus. How often are you going to find yourself saying, “Man, I can’t find that old-fashioned blu-ray disc I made in the 10’s?!” I know I won’t.[/QUOTE] Archives… ---
**Author:** ![hybrid101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7993a0/32.png) [@hybrid101](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hybrid101)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/panasonic-says-that-its-100gb-blu-ray-discs-will-last-a-century/204695/6 "2006-10-24T13:24:25Z")
_Sigh_ i’d imagine reliving all the memories if i ever live more than a century_sigh_