Saturday, July 4, 2009

The Specifics of Blu-ray Discs

By Brian Engle

With the advent of high definition televisions, people like to make the most of their expensive pieces of technology. The Blu-ray disc makes that possible, since it plays graphics and sounds in stunning, crystal clear HD.

The Blu-ray disc, abbreviated BD, was developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association. This conglomerate has members from many different electronics sectors; 180 to be specific. It was formed in the early 2000s and exists today to manage Blu-ray operations.

The most important thing about the Blu-ray disc is its storage capacity. The amount of data a disc can hold establishes its capabilities, so the more you have, the better. A standard Blu-ray disc can hold 25GB of data.

Interestingly, 25GB is the lowest end of the Blu-ray spectrum. When extra layers are added, the storage capacity increases in increments of 25MB. For example, a two-layer disc can hold 50GB of data.

The reason Blu-ray discs are so much more capable than DVDs is because of the laser they utilize. DVDs are read by a red laser, but Blu-rays are decoded through a shorter blue laser.

Blu-ray discs can be played at any speed as long as the hardware can provide that speed. The regular speed of a playing disc is thirty six megabits per second, also known as 1x. Speeds can be multiplied (2x, 3x, etc.), and technology may reach the point where the rate can reach 12x.

Blu-ray can take a number of different forms, just like the computer form of a DVD is a CD, roughly. All discs share similarities, which enables some formats to be combined, such as a proposed Blu-ray and DVD disc, which could be played on either type of respective hardware. DVD is bound to become obsolete in the near future, so many people wonder what the point of making such a format would be. - 23815

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