2006-09-25 05:05:22 · 10 answers · asked by Heidi 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
It is one of the formats for high definition DVDs.
2006-09-25 05:08:05 · answer #1 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a higher-quality DVD. Since a blue ray is narrower than a red ray (based on the size of the wave) you can fit more info on a DVD read by a blue ray. There are 2 "new" forms of DVD right now, HD-DVD and Blue Ray. I'm not getting either until a clear-cut "next generation" DVD format emerges.
2006-09-25 12:13:40 · answer #2 · answered by mojo4395 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume you are referring to the new format disc which will replace DVDs when the PS3 is released by Sony. While similar to the HD DVD format, Blu Ray is vastly superior, as it can hold more data/audio/video than the HD DVD. The name Blu-ray is derived from the blue-violet laser it uses to read and write the disc.
For more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc
2006-09-25 12:09:31 · answer #3 · answered by sangheilizim 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a new way of making and reading DVDs. I don't know all the technical details, but what I've heard is instead of a red laser to read the disc, a blue one (hence the name) reads it, thus letting much more information be stored than a normal DVD since blue light has a shorter wavelength than red light (almost opposite ends of the visible light spectrum).
The players are also freaking expensive, which is one of the reasons PS3 is going to cost so much. It's Blue Ray.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_ray
2006-09-25 12:09:26 · answer #4 · answered by Jeremy W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is the new DVD technology
CD use RED ray.
Sony and other companies are fighting to get the standard for the new DVD format.
Apparently we are going to have 2 ( same as VHS and BETA ) DVD formats, blue ray and DVD HD.
Let's see. . .
2006-09-25 12:08:42 · answer #5 · answered by Classy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I heard this format is superior to other dvds in terms of quantity a blue ray can hold 20gb of data and it is HD quality
2006-09-25 12:15:02 · answer #6 · answered by Rhiannon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
blu ray is a new dvd format, it compresses the data onn a dvd much tighter causing you to have more space, a average one sided bluray dvd is 30 gb a double sided one is 60gb.
company's like toshiba said that they have gotten a bluray dvd to hold 200gb
2006-09-25 12:11:31 · answer #7 · answered by manny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this
www.blu-ray.com/info
2006-09-25 12:08:18 · answer #8 · answered by chabnormal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have been wondering that too! i see it everywhere but have no idea....something new to replace dvd's probably
2006-09-25 12:07:03 · answer #9 · answered by wonderwoman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a blue ray duh! just like the infra red but this one is blue lol
2006-09-25 12:08:36 · answer #10 · answered by RaT 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋