Talk:Holographic data storage

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[edit] Too techincal

This article needs to be simplified and made more accessible to a non-technical audience. I am currently an undergraduate engineering student with experience in EE and optical physics and I still had only a dim idea of how holographic storage works. An analogy might be nice, along with some breaks in the text for focused paragraphs. --

I agree with the above comment. What is the essential thing about holographic data storage that makes it different, and potentially more useful? What is the common media it's on? Simple, basic questions are not answered. From my brief readings, it seems that holographic data storage is a new ish way to store information on things that are like traditional CDs or DVDs, but are able to slow down the degradation of the data considerably. Why can't that be at the top of the article? A tech or business journalist would best be able to take care of that. Andaroocorp (talk) 02:45, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I tweaked the lead a bit recently to make it shorter and simplier. - RoyBoy 00:36, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

I found some of the information in the current article to be a bit to technical, but for the most part it was understandable. Particularly the possible uses of the technology, the methods for writing, and media-types that can be used. It all seems just a bit "sci-fi" to me, what with the full Encyclopaedia Brittanica being stored in one or two 1-2 inch cubes... But I'm looking forward to seing it in stores several years from now. Grin.exe (talk) 19:31, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Holographic data storage is not the future. It is a modern-day laser disc.

"Let's get things straight from the get-go. Holographic data storage is not the future. It is a modern-day laser disc."

I found the above statement of opinion at the top of the article. Obviously that's not appropriate for an encyclopedia, so I removed it, and I am copying it here.

I don't think the laser disc is a very good example of a dead end technology, because the technology of laserdiscs became used in CDs, CD-ROMs, and now DVDs.

Holographic storage isn't a product like the laserdisc, it's a technology, like the internal combustion engine.

--Rjmunro (talk) 13:06, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Changed the word "atom" in the electron hole paragraph to "vacancy" because electron holes are not atoms, they are merely spaces left by promoted electrons. Whiteknight521 (talk) 14:38, 27 April 2008 (UTC)