2006-11-16 07:05:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
A Blu-ray Disc is an ultra-high-density optical disc format for the storage of digital media, including high-definition video.
click here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc
2006-11-16 07:10:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Blue Ray is one of the competing formats for the high definition DVD. The other being HD-DVD. Do you remember the Sony Betamax vs. VHS battle when VCRs hit the market? Same deal, different decade.
Check the linked article for details:
2006-11-16 15:14:06 · answer #2 · answered by Mere Exposure 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know a CD holds about 800 Megs of information and plays our MUSIC and what not...(10 megs only holds about ONE MINUTE of music on a CD)
You also know a DVD holds about 9,000 Megs and plays our MOVIES, right?...(1000 megs is equal to ONE "gig")
Well the BLUE RAY (Blu-ray) disc holds 50,000 Megs and plays HIGH DEFINITION MOVIES...(50,000 "megs" can be called 50 "gigs")
DVD movies take up more room than songs on a CD...And HI-DEF movies take up even MORE space than DVD movies...Remarkably all of these discs are the same size...High Definition is 5 TIMES CLEARER than DVD VIDEO, so it MUST have MORE information tightly packed onto its little BLU-RAY discs...
So remember: 800, 9,000 and 50,000 Megs ("megs" are like "gallons" to computer geeks)...Obviously, 9,000 (DVD) is bigger than 800 (CD)...And further more, 50,000 (Blu-ray) is bigger than 9,000 (DVD), right? All of these discs are pretty much the SAME except for the fact that they contain DIFFERENT "volumes" of information...CD's, DVD's and Blu-ray...Hooray!
2006-11-16 15:45:55 · answer #3 · answered by Jefferson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
blu-ray edition is a high definition edition of the video
2006-11-16 15:08:30 · answer #4 · answered by jdconsultation_101 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's the newest technology in dvd video.
2006-11-16 15:10:01 · answer #5 · answered by ezachowski 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its for playing hi def movies
2006-11-16 15:14:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here, let Wikipedia explain...
2006-11-16 19:50:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
high def dvd
2006-11-16 15:07:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋