General Electric has announced a major breakthrough in DVD technology. The new "super disc" that the company is developing is capable of holding up to 500 gigabytes. To put that into perspective, a standard DVD holds 5 gigs and a Blu-ray DVD holds up to 50 gigs. The new technology will not be available commercially for a couple of years, as the company is fine-tuning it. However it is expected to revolutionize the media storage industry. One of the biggest breakthroughs is the ability to store holographic images such as those that provide security measures for credit cards, driver's licenses, etc. An obvious benefit to movie lovers is that it will ultimately lead to "mega movie discs" that can hold the equivalent of 100 feature films. The benefits are immediately apparent - we can look forward to the day when the entire season of
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