Pioneer Unveils Its multi-layer 400GB Optical Disc

Pioneer optical disc

Pioneer has unveiled its 16-layer optical disc with a breakthrough in material of reflective layers that can store a huge 400GB worth of data.

The specs of the pick-up head of the disc are the same as those of blank BD discs. That means that the Pioneer discs can be read on BD players that are now on the market. Pioneer will release its read-only (ROM) 400GB discs in 2008 to 2010, meanwhile rewritable 400GB discs will make a debut in 2010 to 2012 and the 1TB capacity disc in 2013.