With all of the crazy warfare going on between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, you’d think that those two would be the only formats fighting for Digital Disk supremacy. Well, it appears not, since Buffalo has just announced the release of a new type of disks called Magnetic Optical Disks which basically have the capacity of CD, but are enclosed in a protective case.

Back when Iomega’s Zip Drives were popular, and CDs came out, people started adopting the new disks almost immediately, not only because of the capacity but also because of their portability. Unless this solution is extremely accessible, I don’t really see why people would choose to use MO disks over conventional DVDs or Tapes to backup their files.

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