TRUE BLU technology
The entire tech world is talking of high definition, the high capacity Blu-ray disc (BD) was a necessary invention. Just as DVD meant a five to 10 times increase in storage capacity compared to CD, Blu-ray disc represents and increase over DVD capacity by 5 to 10 times.
A single-layer Blu-ray disc which is roughly the same size as a DVD, can hold upto 27 GB of data - that’s more than two hours of high definition video or about 13 hours of standard video. A double-layer Blu-ray disc can store upto 50 GB, enough to hold about 4.5 hours of high definition video or more than 20 hours of standard video.
Capacity can be increased as additional layers are added discs. Sony has been conducting loboratory work with a 200 GB disc. All leading companies, music companies, movie studios, Play station 3 et al are now supporting the Blu-ray technology.
According to Samsung India, the Blu-ray disc drive era is about to begin. The revolutionary product for the optical disc drive market offers a huge storing capacity. While HDTV and digital broadcasting service markets get bigger and consumer demand continues to grow for HD programming, the consumer’s expectation for the benefits of the high-capacity Blu-ray disc drive is already being established.
Blu-ray as a disc player enables you to continue to view and enjoy your existing DVD libraries. R.Manikandan, business group head, LG said Blu-ray is currently supported by more than 170 of the world’s leading consumer electronics, personal computer, recording media, video game and music companies. The format also has broad support from major movie studios as a successor to today’s DVD format.
The LG Blu-ray disc rewriter combines cutting edge Blu-ray technology with all other optical disc formats. Compability with all recordable disc formats takes the complexity and guesswork out of purchasing blank media. There is however a little problem. According to Manikandan, Since Blu-ray discs have high definition content it is better to see it on HDTV. In normal televisions the resulution will not be very good.
