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“BLU-RAY DISC”
BLU-RAY TECHONOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
Developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association
(BDA) in 2006.
Blu-ray is currently supported by about
200 of the world's leading consumer
electronics, personal computer, recording
media, video game and music companies.
(like Apple Computer, Inc., Dell Inc.,
Hewlett Packard Company, Hitachi, Ltd.,
LG Electronics Inc., Samsung Electronics
Co., Ltd., Sharp Corporation, Sony
Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Inc.)
WHAT IS BLU-RAY?
A next-generation optical disc format.
Offers more than 5 times the storage
capacity of traditional DVDs (25 GB on a
single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer
disc)
A blue-violet laser used to read and write
data
"Blue" (blue-violet laser) + "Ray" (optical
ray) = BLU-RAY
Support for multi-layer discs, which should
allow the storage capacity to be increased
to 100GB-200GB (25GB per layer
Software standards
Codec
Codec are compression schemes that reduce data
storage requirements; both lossy and lossless
compression techniques have been developed
and are being used. Depending on the
application, either can be used to greatly increase
the amount of audio or video storable on fixed
bit-capacity media.
The BD-ROM specification mandates certain
codec compatibilities for both hardware decoders
(players) and the movie-software (content).
For video, all players are required to support ISO
MPEG-2, H.264/AVC, and SMPTE VC-1. MPEG-2
video allows decoder backward compatibility for
DVDs.
For audio, BD-ROM players are required to
support Dolby Digital Plus
CONTINUE…………
NO cartridge
no internet connection
no down-convert analog
outputs
WILL BLU-RAY REPLACE
DVD?
Expectation is YES
Broad support from the major movie
studios Disney, Fox, Warner, Paramount,
Sony, Lions gate and MGM)
Backward compatibility with DVDs.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BLU-
RAY AND DVDS ?
BENEFITS OF BLU-RAYS
CAPACITY
CONTENT
HARDWARE
SUPPORT
BLU-RAYS IN ACTION
BLU-rays, presently in action in USA and
CANADA, from the players like Samsung,
Panasonic, Sony, Philips and Pioneer
available in stores
Also expect to see Blu-ray players from LG
and Sharp
Blu-ray hardware and software should also
be available in many European countries
now.
Thank You !!
Presented
By:
Jyoti
Sharma
2004309