Blue Ray Dvd
Are you wondering what a blue ray dvd is? Confused about this new term? Not getting the difference between an ordinary dvd and a blue ray dvd? Well there are many differences and almost all of them are good ones when compared to our old friends. The Blue ray dvd is the next generation when it comes to the world of technology.
A blue ray DVD can be played using a blue ray DVD player and nothing else. You may wonder why this is the case especially when CD’s, VCD’s, etc can be played on a normal DVD player. Well, the difference lies in the laser that’s being used to read the data on the disc. The normal DVD player uses a read laser, but the blue ray DVD player uses a blue laser to read the discs.
The format war, between HD DVD’s and blue ray dvd’s saw a lot of development in the data storage devices in the world. Finally Toshiba who was mainly involved with HD DVD stepped out and canceled the HD DVD project. After that the leading company’s of the world, has come together under and outfit called the blue-ray disc association (BDA).
The high storage capacity is one of the biggest advantages the blue ray DVD has over the standard DVD. A single-layer blue ray DVD comes with a storage space of 25GB and the dual-layer blue ray DVD can store up to 50GB. This storage capability is actually 5 to 10 times higher than the normal DVD, giving an individual the opportunity of carrying large amounts of data without any hassle.
Another quality of the blue ray dvd is its use of improved and advance audio and video codecs. High definition movies can easily and impressively fit into one of these blur ray dvd’s. The viewer can store and watch more than twenty high definition movies using a single blue ray dvd. It all uses java software support.
Blue ray technology is now used in many of the motion pictures that we see today. The famous movie ‘The dark knight’ used this blue ray technology in selling copies to many of its loyal customers. The regional codes that can be seen in these discs give more control to producers in this industry.
Also there are many variations when it comes to blue ray dvd’s, such as mini blue ray dvd, blue ray dvd recordable, BD5 and BD 9 and also a variation called avcrec. For all movie lovers, gamers and workaholics alike the blue ray dvd is what you need for your future. Switch to it as soon as possible.
