The Blu Ray Audio Video "Solution"
Optical disc storage technology has revolutionized the way the entertainment industry distributes audio video entities to customers. It has also revolutionized the way computer software is distributed, being sold to end users all over the world, going beyond the audio video nature of optical disc storage systems.
Since the introduction of the CD-ROM in 1982, the CD has become the de facto medium in which music artists set their albums in. As an audio video solution, the CD stands to be more than just for entertainment geared media, as personal computer data files could be stored in them as well.
When DVD technology came out, it stood to "out-store" and "outperform" the CD, as it came with more space, making it ideal for audio video files, as well as more storage space for data systems. The Blu Ray audio video solution comes in, standing to replace the popular DVD de facto when it comes to movie distributions, boasting all the benefits of CDs and DVDs, along with its own unique set of special capabilities.
CDs have storage capacities up to 700 megabytes. DVD discs could store up to 4.7 gigabytes of data, with 8.5 gigabytes of data for dual-layer DVD discs. When talking about Blu Ray discs, a Blu Ray disc could store up to 25 gigabytes of data, with dual-layer Blu Ray discs supporting up to 50 gigabytes of data. This impressive data storage capacity, along with the successful utilization of audio video codecs, make Blu Ray discs the idea medium for High Definition movies, which has become the standard in home entertainment systems today.
As an audio video solution for HDTV demands, Blu Ray fits the bill, perfectly. As a medium for large quantities of personal computer data storage, it also functions impressively. Blu Ray discs come along in the similar popular DVD and CD class formats. Blu Ray discs are out in BD-ROM format, BD-R format and BD-RE format. The BD-ROM class of Blu Ray discs are the read only class of Blu Ray discs, in which audio video files are distributed in, as well as other types of software data and/or data files for personal computer systems. The BD-R class of Blu Ray discs are the recordable/writable types of Blu Ray discs, similar to the DVD-R and CD-R class of optical disc storage media. The BD-RE stands as the rewritable/re-recordable class of Blu Ray discs, where users could record data, erase, and re-record data once again.
As an audio video "solution" Blu Ray is just simply the way to go.
