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Matthew writes: Sony has announced a new high density DVD technology called Green Lantern disc technology which uses light from a large lantern-like device rather than a laser diode. Green Lantern disc technology allows for 127GB storage capacities on a single-sided 12cm disc. DVDs hold 4.7GB of data. Sony is now pursuing a broad acceptance of the format.

Green Lantern technology uses a short-wavelength aquamarine/teal laser instead of the red lasers used by current optical drives to read data off discs. The higher-capacity Green Lantern discs will enable the pirating of high-definition broadcasts, which offer better picture quality than the more broadly available TV broadcasts.

Sony is currently attempting to improve manufacturing yields for the lantern, which is currently stymied by an inability to read yellow discs. Once they go into production, the burners will be released to select space-patrolmen in the super-galactic system, with the caveat that they be used as a weapon against the forces of evil and injustice.