Benefits Does Blu-ray offer Compared to HD-DVD
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Blu-ray Player & HD-DVD
2. Benefits Does Blu-ray offer Compared to HD-DVD 3. 1. Capacity 4. 2. Content 5. 3. Hardware Support
Blu-Ray Player & HD-DVD ď‚— A Blu-ray player is going to provide the best video and
audio for your home theater. It is also known as Blu-ray disc.
ď‚— Both Blu-ray and HD-DVD are similar in many phases.
There are some important differences between Blu-Ray Over DVD Players.
1. Capacity ď‚— Blu-ray utilizes a lens with a higher numerical aperture
than the HD-DVD, laser spot can be focused with the greater precision to fit more data on the same size disc.
ď‚— Blu-ray holds 25GB per layer (50GB on a dual-layer
disc), whereas HD-DVD can only hold 15GB per layer (30GB on a dual-layer disc).
ď‚— Also, Blu-ray has adopted a higher data transfer rate for
video and audio (54Mbps vs 36.55Mbps).
ď‚— The higher capacity and data transfer rates for Blu-ray
will allow the movie studios to release their movies with the higher quality video and audio than the HDDVD format.
2. Content ď‚— The Blu-ray format has received the broad support
from the major movie studios as a successor to today DVD format.
ď‚— Seven of the eight major movie studios (Warner,
Paramount, Disney, Sony, Fox, MGM and Lionsgate) have released titles for Blu-ray, whereas HD-DVD just has support from two major movie studios.
ď‚— This is an important difference because some of the
studios might just support one of the formats, so you won't be able to get your favourite movies in the other format.
ď‚— Choosing the format with the most content support
minimizes this risk.
3. Hardware Support ď‚— The Blu-ray format has broad support from the world's
leading consumer electronics, computer and media manufacturers, including Sony, Samsung, Pioneer, Panasonic, Philips, Sharp, JVC, Hitachi, Thomson, LG, Apple, Mitsubishi, TDK, HP and Dell.
ď‚— Blu-ray format will also be supported in the next-
generation PlayStation 3 video game console.
ď‚— This means that you will have a lot of choices when it
comes to players and hardware.
ď‚— The HD-DVD format has far fewer supporters, so the
number of players and hardware will be very limited.
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