Blue Ray Disc Player – An Introduction
Bluray technology is the newest to hit the stands. After the entire buzz about being able to store movies and what not on DVDs and CDs, we have now the newest way of storing all those movies and songs we are interested in. Bluray discs are very similar in look to DVDs and CDs but they have a lot more storage capacity than both combined. Capable of holding up to 50 GB of memory on one disc, this disc has become the new in-thing for all those techno buffs. It also offers the best quality when it comes to viewing movies. Because bluray discs can hold large amounts of data, it can store it in high-definition formats, providing upto five times as much clarity as the standard formats supported by DVDs.
A blue ray disc player is one that is capable of reading bluray discs. These disc players come with different optical heads, as reading bluray discs is not the same as when reading DVDs or CDs. The wavelength of the laser used to read and write these discs are different from that of regular DVDs and CDs, which means there is a special blue ray disc player that has to be used to be able to use these discs. The blue ray disc player can be found available at many stores, online or otherwise. The prices of these players are a bit higher than those of standard players, but this could be because most of the blue ray disc players available are also compatible to read the normal DVDs and CDs available in the market currently. A blue ray disc player need not be able to read only bluray discs. There are models of blue ray disc players available that are backward compatible to DVDs and CDs as well. This backward compatibility means that the blue ray disc player can be used to read bluray discs, DVDs and CDs. If a blue ray disc player is not made so that it is compatible to the other formats as well, it would probably not sell as much in the current market, as bluray technology is just being introduced to the larger audience.
The blue ray disc player is currently being produced by several companies, large and small. Sony, LG and Philips are amongst the better known companies producing the blue ray disc player. As we saw with floppy disks, CDs and DVDs, the blue ray disc player will be likely to be used side by side with other types of storage mediums, replacing them over time. If you feel the price of this blue ray disc player is too much for your pocket right now, there is no need to rush into buying one. As with any other electronic product, the price of the blue ray disc player is most likely going to reduce after more exposure of the technology.
