# Need a way to store all that porn you got? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-way-to-store-all-that-porn-you-got/333870 "2005-12-03T04:53:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-way-to-store-all-that-porn-you-got/333870/1 "2005-12-03T04:53:47Z")
[Maxell has holographic discs that can hold up to 1.6 _terra_-bytes.](http://www.hiptechblog.com/2005/11/25/maxell-introduces-groundbreaking-holographic-recording-technology) It’s set to be introduced in 2006, but only at the 300 gig capacity. Gee, _only_ three hundred gigs? I don’t think I’ll bother to buy storage media that is bigger than my hard drive. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-way-to-store-all-that-porn-you-got/333870/2 "2005-12-03T05:17:35Z")
?! It’s bigger than both our hard drives. And excuse me, but your link is showing, bouv my dear. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-way-to-store-all-that-porn-you-got/333870/3 "2005-12-03T05:21:24Z")
I have only one thing to say to that. ME WANTY! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-way-to-store-all-that-porn-you-got/333870/4 "2005-12-03T05:41:41Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > And excuse me, but your link is showing, bouv my dear. Well why are you looking in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-way-to-store-all-that-porn-you-got/333870/5 "2005-12-03T05:44:31Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Well why are you looking in the first place? What’s wrong with looking? Are you shy? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-way-to-store-all-that-porn-you-got/333870/6 "2005-12-03T06:00:24Z")
I guess we can pass on Blu-Ray disc technology, then, eh? It isn’t even out yet, is it? And already they’ve got something another few leagues more advanced. Who would buy 27 gigs on a disc if they could get 300?! I look forward to it, actually. I could reduce my CD collection to about 100 of the new discs, in uncompressed .wav files! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-way-to-store-all-that-porn-you-got/333870/7 "2005-12-03T06:09:16Z")
First, terabyte only takes one ‘r’ and no hyphen. Second, [I fixed the link](http://www.hiptechblog.com/2005/11/25/maxell-introduces-groundbreaking-holographic-recording-technology). Third, this could be very cool. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dbuzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-way-to-store-all-that-porn-you-got/333870/8 "2005-12-03T08:39:37Z")
" can hold as much data as 63 DVDs" I could put my current DVD collection on no more than 5 of them if any of my DVD player programs could read them. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-way-to-store-all-that-porn-you-got/333870/9 "2005-12-03T09:41:45Z")
Am I the only one who also thinks this is cool because it looks like old floppy disks? It’s retro! ---
**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-way-to-store-all-that-porn-you-got/333870/10 "2005-12-03T18:32:59Z")
Is this a real product? I get the feeling someone made it up. ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@matt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-way-to-store-all-that-porn-you-got/333870/11 "2005-12-03T20:06:32Z")
> [@sjc](#): > > Is this a real product? I get the feeling someone made it up. Yes, it’s real, or at least the press release is. [http://www.maxell-usa.com/Content/Pages/Page.asp?Section=pressreleases&department=maxellusa\_pr&Line=datapr&Open=datapr41](http://www.maxell-usa.com/Content/Pages/Page.asp?Section=pressreleases&department=maxellusa_pr&Line=datapr&Open=datapr41) ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-way-to-store-all-that-porn-you-got/333870/12 "2005-12-03T22:59:47Z")
Are the drives for home use read-only, like a CD-ROM? Or more like a CD burner? Or better yet, completely rewriteable? ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-way-to-store-all-that-porn-you-got/333870/13 "2005-12-03T23:09:14Z")
300 gigs, eh? It would b interesting to have a disk that can fit more than five times as much as my hard drive can.