With the invention of Blu-ray DVDs with optical disc storge medium, a change has come in the world of entertainment. Blu-ray Disc format has completely sided the old DVD format. This is becasue, Blu-ray DVDs have a very high resolution and image quality. They are much advanced in comparison to normal DVDs and CDs.The diameter of Blu-ray Disc is 120 mm and thickness 1.2 mm. It is of same thickness as of DVD or CD but with high storage capacity. Blu-ray DVDs are available with dual layer discs of 50 GB. The dual layer discs are in use for feature-length video discs. The 100 GB Triple layer discs and and 128 GB quadruple layers are available for BD-XL Blu-ray re-writer drives. Blu-ray DVDs with Triple layered disc and quadruple layer discs are widely used for storing movies. Many Blu-Players are not able to read the additional layers. Blu-players with additional firmware update are capable of reading triple layered disc and quadruple layer discs.
Blu-ray DVDs Are Supported By:
On the hardware side: Apple, Denon, Hitachi, LG, Matsushita (Panasonic), Pioneer, Philips, Samsung (also supports HD-DVD), Sharp, Sony, and Thomson (Note: Thomson also supported HD-DVD).
On the software side: Blu-ray is supported by Lions Gate, MGM, Miramax, Twentieth Century Fox, Walt Disney Studios, New Line, and Warner. Also, as the result of the discontinuation of HD-DVD, Universal, Paramount, and Dreamworks are now on board with Blu-ray.
Blu-ray DVDs were introduced by a group of the manufacturers of electronics, computer hardware and motion pictures known as Blu-ray Disc Association. Blu-ray DVDs have got their name after the association. At present, thousands of Blu-ray titles are available in major countries of the world like Australia, UK, Canada, etc. The first Blu-ray Disc prototype was introduced in 2003.
Various Variants Of Blu-ray DVDs Are:
- Mini Blu-ray Disc
- Blu-ray Disc recordable
- BD9 and BD5
- BDXL
- IH-BD
Blu-ray Disc works with Universal Disk Format (UDF) 2.50 as a convergent friendly format for both PC and consumer electronics environments. It is used in latest specifications of BD-ROM, BD-RE and BD-R.
Blu-ray DVDs with high storage capacity and high resolution should be preferred rather than Blu-ray DVDs with low price but low features also.There are many trusted Blu-ray DVD Manufacturers enlisted online. Also, there are many online Blu-ray DVD stores seliing latest titles of movies and other audio-visual titles at very affordable deals. One just needs to do a good online search to find the right company that can offer quality Blu-ray DVD titles.
