The Blu Ray Disc Formats
Impressive doesn't even begin to describe Blu Ray and the various Blu Ray Disc Formats the optical data storage medium comes in.
Blu Ray basically stands as the next generation in optical storage media, "outstanding" the DVD line of technologies. One could say it is bound to take the place of DVD, as DVD had taken the place of the CD format. Utilizing a blue colored laser for its successful operation, the laser color of Blu Ray stands as one of the two major differences between it and DVDs and CDs.
Blu Ray Disc Formats' data storage capacities stand as the next. Capable of storing up to 25 gigabytes of data, with a 50 gigabyte capacity for dual-layer Blu Ray Disc Format types, it practically "out-stores" DVDs and CDs. CDs have a storage capacity of up to 700 megabytes. DVDs have storage capacities of up to 4.7 gigabytes, with dual-layer DVD's with up to 8.5 gigabytes of data storage space. Blu Ray disc formats could practically store five DVDs in one disc, simply emphasizing its superiority over DVD optical storage media. It is the perfect media for High Definition movies, what with its large storage value.
Blu Ray disc formats come similar to that of DVDs and CDs. There is the BD-ROM, with BD referring to Blu Ray Discs, the BD-R and the BD-RE of Blu Ray disc formats. The BD-ROM stands to be the DVD-ROM class of Blu Ray Disc formats, ideal for the distribution of High Definition movies or videos, games for personal computer systems and/or gaming consoles, as well as with software packages for personal computer systems. The BD-R represents the recordable class of Blu Ray disc formats, ideal for recording vast amounts of data and data types, and perfect for recording High Definition movies. The BD-RE is the rewritable type of Blu Ray disc formats, capable of being reused after being "burned" with data or high definition movies.
The specification of Blu Ray Disc formats indicate that the base speed, or 1x, of Blu Ray Disc formats has a 36MB per second read/write value. High Definition moves in BD-ROM Blu Ray Disc formats require a minimum of 54MB per second speed, defining that all discs have a 2x read/write speed as a minimum.
Blu Ray Disc formats have a large numerical aperture, giving it the advantage of lower recording power, with higher read speeds. Impressive, indeed, wouldn't even begin to be the right word when describing Blu Ray and the different Blu Ray disc formats.
