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Thanks to the latest technology advancements and innovations, we can now experience high-definition entertainment at the comfort of our own home. What more can a person who loves movies want than stay at home, cuddle up on a sofa and watch the latest blockbuster without having to go anywhere else. Ever since the Blue ray DVD player was introduced to the market, consumers were able to experience just that. The latest movies were brought into life, with crystal clear picture quality and powerful sounds that surrounded the whole area.

A Blue ray DVD player can play disks that use the Blue ray technology. The format in these disks that can do the recording, rewriting of data and also the playback of high-definition video. Unlike the normal DVD we see in markets, the Blue ray disk has a much higher storage capacity. A traditional DVD can store around 10GB, but a Blue ray disk could store between 25GB to 50GB. Users can put bonus content as well as various other interactive features to the user.

Blue ray disks with scratch marks can still be played on a Blue ray DVD player mainly because these disks are known to be scratch resistant.

Purchasing a Blue ray DVD player that will satisfy your desires could be difficult especially with the increased number of companies that manufacture such products. Some companies tend to claim that they understand the Blue ray technology and have come up with the best product. This can confuse customers and mislead them to buy the wrong product. It is always necessary to check up on branded products before purchasing one with high quality.

If you are in the look out for a branded Blue ray DVD player, check on leading names such as Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, etc and purchase the best product on offer. In addition to these players, the Playstation-3 comes with a Blue ray DVD player that is already built-in. With different innovations coming up, manufacturers of laptops have also integrated a Blue ray DVD player in some of their models.

In addition, Blue ray disk drives have been incorporated to a few desktop computers.

Playing standard DVD’s can be done on a Blue ray DVD player, but it should be noted that the picture quality won’t be of what a Blue ray disk will give you but of a normal DVD. Blue ray DVD’s can only be played on a Blue ray DVD player, therefore one needs to purchase a player with high quality to get the best.

Going high definition was high on our Christmas lists this year as sales as reputation of the Blu-Ray movies rocketed through the roof. In all honesty, I hadn’t seen what a Blu-Ray was capable of until I had looked at one my friend had purchased. When I saw the quality and clarity a Blu-Ray disc could produce I was amazed. It is absolutely crazy. I can only say that it looks so real you feel as though you can put your arm into the screen. It is better than anything I have seen before.

According to figures that were released by the British Video Association (BVA), sales on the Blu-Ray disc were up four hundred percent on the same period compared to the year before, with 1.5 million titles shifted in December alone. The lead selling Blu-Ray movie was ‘Dark Knight’ starring the late Heath Ledger and Cristian Bale. Everyone knows that to introduce a new video player of any sort is no easy task, getting everyone to own one of the Blu-Ray players is the key. They have to be affordable and the benefits have to be clear. There have been a few developments in recent years after the DVD that have not caught on, one of them being the ‘HD DVD’ and the ‘Mini DVD’ which is practically un-heard of. Yet, the Blu-Ray disc is something different. It offers something that other films have never offered before and that is un-paralleled quality and detail. When you watch a Blu-Ray film for the first time it is kind of a head spin because your eyes are simply not use to that sort of quality on a TV screen. After a short while you get use to it and when you do it is so worth it! I have seen the Dark Knight on Blu-Ray and it almost feels like it is a different film all together.

I am a firm believer that the Blu-Ray will catch on with the public and will be the next progression in disc technology purely because it offers something that nothing else does. If you haven’t seen anything on Blu-Ray then please get yourself down to the nearest video shop and treat yourself. As far as getting a Blu-Ray player – the PS3 is a Blu-Ray player, other than that most modern flat screen TV’s all have Blu-Ray players in them so you could always get one of those.