When the CD was introduced in the early 80s, it meant an enormous leap from traditional media. Not only did it offer a significant improvement in audio quality, its primary application, but its 650 MB storage capacity also meant a giant leap in data storage and retrieval. For the first time, there was a universal standard for pre-recorded, recordable and rewritable media, offering the best quality and features consumers could wish for themselves, at very low costs.
History proved that a significant
BLU-RAY DISC KEY CHARACTERISTICS
1 Broadest Industry Support
The participation of the world's most renowned consumer electronics manufacturers and IT companies are leading in the success of the best standard for next generation storage: Blu-ray Disc. Blu-ray Disc is supported by leading hardware manufacturers across the CE and IT fields from the U.S., Europe, Japan and Korea, including Dell, HP, Hitachi, LG Electronics, Matsushita (Panasonic), Mitsubishi, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony and Thomson/RCA. Finally, major blank media manufacturers including TDK are supporting the Blu-ray Disc format as the successor of DVD. This broad industry support will lead to a broad selection of Blu-ray Disc products, including home video decks, PC drives, PC's line-fitted with Blu-ray Disc drives and blank media, to be available when the format is launched in the various regions in the world.
2 Lifespan
The Blu-ray Disc format is designed to stay relevant for at least10 to 15 years. Its high storage capacity of 25 to 50 GB allows for the best possible High Definition video quality and satisfies even the most demanding data storage needs. Blu-ray Disc incorporates the additional storage space that High Definition feature, including bonus material, requires in the new standard from the beginning.
3 Content Protection
Blu-ray Disc provides some of the strongest copy protection schemes ever developed for any consumer format. It makes Blu-ray Disc the best choice for any content publisher wanting assurance that their valuable assets are protected from piracy. Based on feedback from the content industry and taking a clue from the lessons learned by other formats, the Blu-ray Disc format incorporates a robust copy protection mechanism, which not only relies on implementation at the playback device, but which also includes precautions at replication level, which will be strictly controlled. Unlike the voluntary implementation of CSS protection in DVD, the copy protection mechanism for Blu-ray Disc is mandatory and will be governed by strict licensing procedures.
4 Cost
. At comparable volumes, Blu-ray Disc production costs are within 10% of DVD production costs, although a Blu-ray Disc offers 5 to 10 times the capacity. It is by far the cheapest format measured in cost per GB. Since Blu-ray Disc requires less slots in a replication line compared to other formats, it will bring costs on par with DVD, or even cheaper, much sooner. Production facilities can produce many more Blu-ray Discs in the same time period as DVDs. Also, contrary to some rumors circulating, Blu-ray Discs do not require cartridges for any of the format variations (BD ROM, BD RE, and BD R).
5 Capacity
The Blu-ray Disc format offers the highest capacity of any consumer media format to date, also greatly surpassing the capacity of other format proposals. Blu-ray Disc's huge capacity allows not only for the highest quality High Definition video to be recorded at large bit rates (thereby eliminating the need for tight compression that could affect picture quality), it also opens up the doors to new and existing applications.
By :- Virendra Kedia (IT, 3rd Yr)
