From Blu Ray Audio Formats to Blu Ray Video Formats

Optical disc formats stand to be the most popular mediums when talking about the distribution of movies and music. Starting with the CD, the success of optical disc formats has basically replaced the tape storage concept, replacing the technology utilized in their creation. Cassette tapes and VHS tapes are quite rare items to see nowadays, as they have been replaced by the various optical disc formats which prove to be more convenient to use, as well as much more convenient when medium storage is concerned.

Two next generation optical disc formats were released in 2006, standing to eventually take the place of the DVD standard which took the place of CDs as the data standard before it: The Blu Ray disc and the HD DVD.

Currently, both are closely in competition with each other, each with particular extras over standard DVDs. Both utilize a blue-violet hued laser, which is different from the red laser used in DVDs, as well as with CDs. Between the two Blu Ray has quite the upper hand, boasting impressive storage capacities perfect for High Definition movies as well as Blu Ray audio formats.

Blu Ray discs could store up to 25 gigabytes of data, while dual-layer Blu Ray discs could store up to 50 gigabytes of data. HD DVDs could store up to 15 gigabytes, with dual-layer HD DVDs capable of storing up to 30 gigabytes of data. These figures alone stand to make Blu Ray more of a superstar in the making when optical disc formats are concerned. From Blu Ray audio formats to Blu Ray HD Movie formats, the extra space in Blu Ray discs, combined with the utilization of Blu Ray audio format codecs and Blu Ray video format codecs brings users into the impressive world of High Definition movies, all in one disc.

The Blu Ray audio formats include support for the different surround sound standards which are available in the market today. There's the Dolby Digital at 640 Kbit/s, the DTS standard at 1.5 Mbit/s, Dolby Digital plus at 1.7 Mbit/s, DTS-HD High Resolution at 6.0 Mbit/s and the lossless audio compression format which utilizes Linear PCM Dolby TrueHD and/or DTS-HD Master Audio. Blu Ray's mandatory video codecs include the MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) support.

With the impressive values supported by Blu Ray audio formats, its impressive High Definition video file support, as well as its impressive data storage capacity, Blu Ray is truly on its way into dominating the optical disc formats arena.