what is blueray disks???????????

Question

can you play them on regular dvd players?????

Answer 1

No, unfortunately you cannot. Please see these two website links for a complete description of this format of media...

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Source(s):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/blu-ray...

http://www.blue-ray.com

Answer 2

According to Wikipedia, A Blu-ray Disc (also called BD) is a high-density optical disc format for the storage of digital media, including high-definition video.

And sadly, no, you can't play Blu-Ray on regular DVD players.

Answer 3

It is the name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers (including Apple, Dell, Hitachi, HP, JVC, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Thomson). It holds upto 100 giga byte data compared to the previous generation DVDs (which only hold 4.8 gig bytes). You need special hardware which is very expensive (around $500), but will get cheaper once is it mass produced and adopted by consumers.

Answer 4

Blu-ray discs are next-generation DVD discs capable of holding up to 25x more data than a traditional DVD on a single side.

Unfortunately, you need a blu-ray compatible player to play blu-ray discs. They start at about $499.00 USD.

Answer 5

DVDs have more room than CDs...And Blu-ray discs have more room than DVDs.

DVDs need more room because they have picture and sound...CDs (usually) just have sound.

Folks are complaining that DVD's picture and sound isn't good enough anymore...They want Hi-Def audio and video on a disc.

Now to get a disc to have better picture and sound than a DVD, we need more room...Enter the Blu-ray.

Answer 6

Blue-Ray discs are DVDs that have better picture quality, and are similar to "HD DVDs." I don't know if you can play them on normal DVD players, but I'm sure you're able to.

Answer 7

Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD), is the name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers (including Apple, Dell, Hitachi, HP, JVC, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Thomson). The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data. The format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc. This extra capacity combined with the use of advanced video and audio codecs will offer consumers an unprecedented HD experience.

While current optical disc technologies such as DVD, DVD±R, DVD±RW, and DVD-RAM rely on a red laser to read and write data, the new format uses a blue-violet laser instead, hence the name Blu-ray. Despite the different type of lasers used, Blu-ray products can easily be made backwards compatible with CDs and DVDs through the use of a BD/DVD/CD compatible optical pickup unit. The benefit of using a blue-violet laser (405nm) is that it has a shorter wavelength than a red laser (650nm), which makes it possible to focus the laser spot with even greater precision. This allows data to be packed more tightly and stored in less space, so it's possible to fit more data on the disc even though it's the same size as a CD/DVD. This together with the change of numerical aperture to 0.85 is what enables Blu-ray Discs to hold 25GB/50GB.

Blu-ray is currently supported by more than 180 of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer, recording media, video game and music companies. The format also has broad support from the major movie studios as a successor to today's DVD format. In fact, seven of the eight major movie studios (Disney, Fox, Warner, Paramount, Sony, Lionsgate and MGM) are supporting the Blu-ray format and five of them (Disney, Fox, Sony, Lionsgate and MGM) are releasing their movies exclusively in the Blu-ray format. Many studios have also announced that they will begin releasing new feature films on Blu-ray Disc day-and-date with DVD, as well as a continuous slate of catalog titles every month.

No, you can't play them on regular dvd players.

Answer 8

it is the future of DVD's. You need a blu-ray player for it