Blu Ray Movies: An Experience in Themselves
The world of optical storage systems has revolutionized the world of entertainment distribution. This is one truth that no one could ever deny. With the introduction of the CD-ROM in 1982, the de facto medium for marketing music artist albums has become the Compact Disc. When DVD discs came out, boasting more storage space compared to CD, movies were successfully marketed utilizing DVDs and DVD technology, defining it as the de facto medium for movies, as well as other marketed products of digital nature like software applications for personal computer systems, and/or games for DVD capable gaming consoles.
In 2006, the Blu Ray disc was released, standing to be the DVD replacement as Blu Ray movies come in with High Definition clarity, boasting truly high definition quality visuals, as well as surround sound support, for superb audio quality.
Of course not solely limited to Blu Ray movies, Blu Ray discs could be utilized for the storage of other types of data for the use of personal computers or other Blu Ray capable devices like the Playstation 3 gaming console from Sony. Blu Ray movies or Blu Ray stored personal computer data, all these are possible with Blu Ray Technology.
Blu Ray discs "out-store" DVDs over five times. CD's have storage capacities of up to 700 megabytes of space. DVDs have storage capacities of up to 4.7 gigabytes, with dual-layer DVDs capable of storing up to 8.5 gigabytes of space. With Blu Ray discs, storage values reaching up to 25 gigabytes could be attained, with dual-layer Blu Ray discs capable of storing up to 50 gigabytes of data.
Similar to the media formats of CD and DVD discs, Blu Ray discs also come in three main formats, ideal for whatever use users may have from them. There is the BD-ROM, the BD-R, and the BD-RE. The BD-ROM stands as the read only class of Blu Ray discs, perfect for Blu Ray movies in High Definition clarity. The BD-R represents the writable class of optical storage devices, similar to the DVD-R and CD-R class of optical media. The BD-RE is the rewritable class of Blu Ray discs, where users could record or write data, erase, and re-record or rewrite data.
The popularization of broadband technology and the digital storage of movies, as well as the development of high definition television paved the way for Blu Ray movie feasibility. Blu Ray movies definitely stand to be more "cutting edge" over DVDs, as the impressive storage capacities boasted by Blu Ray is quite large.
