Blu Ray Versus HD DVD

Technology, especially in electronics and technology the disc is developing at an amazing speed. We now have Blu-ray blue laser technology with a red laser, instead of using for our DVD. It seems that the term ‘DVD’ stands for Digital Versatile Disc will be replaced with the term ‘BD’ stand for Blu-ray Disc. It`s and began entering our lives and our terminology.

When you take a look at its benefits, the storage capacity of this format for next-generation BD is five times more than the DVD format. The ability of a single layer and 25GB dual layer capacity of 50GB. Blu-ray has a read-only (BD-ROM), recordable (BD-R) and rewritable (BD-RE) formats. A dual layer can hold 9 hours of HD video. Supports all codec that supports the DVD format and also supports Dolby True HD, DTS-HD and DTS Digital Surround and MPEG-audio codec 4AVC and SMPTE VC-1 video codes. The video is the maximum speed of 40.0 Mbit / s, while the DVD is only 9.8 Mbps video bitrate.

This technology was developed by a group of several large companies such as Warner Bros, Walt Disney, Sony, LG, Dell, Samsung, Panasonic and Apple. Many studies have begun releasing movies on BD, and many more next film. The Blu-ray discs are compatible with DVD and CD. The best Blu-ray is that it supports HD (high definition) video with high quality DVD that is only compatible with SD (standard definition), its storage capacity of DVD is not enough for HD. They have a menu system that lets you see anything on the menu while the movie plays in the background. You can also jump to any point of BD easily. Another advantage of Blu-ray is her shield. Unlike the DVD, BD is resistant to scratches.

In fact, HD-DVD is similar to BD, using blue laser technology. However, the quality of audio and video from BD is much better. Furthermore, HD-DVD is not compatible with most of the giants of the market. If you can not find the movie you want to search in different formats BD in the near future. Hardware support of BD is also much broader than HD-DVD.

Blu-ray format will succeed DVD in a short period of time and lose its popularity as DVD BD is supported by major film studios and PC manufacturers. BD is the format today, but we do not know how long and when it is replaced with that. This market is full of competition and business leaders come out with something new every day.

It`s inevitable for Blu-ray players to see the new versions, because you can not find your DVD in the near future. However, the Blu-ray movie prices are very affordable. BD formats you can find your favorite movies from $ 6 – $ 7 to $ 50 – $ 60 for the box and the value for its quality and new features.