2007-02-23 22:11:54 · 16 answers · asked by Stop taking my questions away !! 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
No- some sort of fish ?
2007-02-23 22:14:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Apparently it's a larger disc than DVD, and it's been brought out to compete with HD-DVD... it'll store more data, but one of the tradeoffs is that the protective coating for the information is thinner, so the disk damages more easily. They'll probably experiment with better 'hard coatings' in the course of time, but it seems that part of the whole idea about Blu-Ray is to keep that coating thin so that they can stack an extra layer of data on each side of the disc.
Another issue I heard about concerning Blu-Ray is that of back-compatibility with DVDs- with HD-DVD, it's quite easy to make a player that will also play DVDs, because they're the same size... on Blu-Ray, a larger format, that'll be trickier to get right, if they bother at all...
Anyway, just wait and see... it's down to the boys and girls at Blu-Ray to make it a success now.
2007-02-24 06:37:00 · answer #2 · answered by Buzzard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 9 hours of high-definition (HD) video can be stored on a 50 GB disc.
About 23 hours of standard-definition (SD) video can be stored on a 50 GB disc.
On average, a single-layer disc can hold a High Definition feature of 135 minutes using MPEG-2, with additional room for 2 hours of bonus material in standard definition quality. A dual layer disc will extend this number up to 3 hours in HD quality and 9 hours of SD bonus material. Quad-layer (100 GB) discs have been demonstrated on a drive with modified optics. And TDK announced in August 2006 that they have created a working experimental Blu-ray Disc capable of holding 200 GB of data on a single side, using six 33 GB data layers.[6] Such discs would almost certainly not work on some of today's Blu-ray Disc players, as these devices are only designed and tested on discs that meet the current spec...bloody amazing though
2007-02-26 15:57:40 · answer #3 · answered by decadan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The PlayStation 3 is also a blu-ray HD DVD player.
2007-02-24 13:24:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It is the future of the storage medium. DVDs will be replaced by Blu-Ray Disk which has nearly 10 times the capacity of the DVD disk. Imagine that what it can bring forth for graphics, sound etc and ofcourse the storage of data.
IBM has already launched laptop with BLURay Disk
2007-02-24 06:16:35 · answer #5 · answered by Neo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a hi def disc thts competing with hd im not going to up grade to blue ray or hd dvd im jst gonna get a base tower with large ext hard drive on it and link direct to my home hd tv tht way its cheaper u wont have to upgrade plus all the storage space on shelves will be saved and its only a matter of time all dvd discs inc blue ray hd and standard will be obsilete
2007-02-24 12:35:10 · answer #6 · answered by apejawsoup 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its got something to do with the new playstation 3...but I'm not a 100 % sure
2007-02-24 06:28:37 · answer #7 · answered by flutterby1504 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are the next generation dvds.
2007-02-24 06:18:47 · answer #8 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. came out back two or three years ago. better than red. more accurate but now there is green. why? just better they say. burns better, more accurate and that is what they use as military weapons now.
2007-02-24 06:15:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes mate, they are eye shades and they are expensive but you do see the world in a truer light.
2007-02-24 06:15:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi
This will help.
http://www.blu-ray.com/info/
2007-02-24 06:19:48 · answer #11 · answered by ♥shushin♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋