The vast storage and rapid access potential of holographic storage could make it ideal for recording high quality video images for application in a variety of industries. In telecommunications, the technology could enhance the quality and availability of system performance, video-on-demand and digital motion pictures. For the aerospace industry, it could provide a compact, lightweight and robust information system. It could  increase the potential for image processing for medical, video and military purposes. Unique to holographic data storage is the ability to perform  essentially immediate data searches through huge digital libraries by simply illuminating the media with all of the stored information (a holograph) with a pattern of the requested information.