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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.

DVD vs Blu Ray Format

With the advent of the Compact Disc at the beginning of Nineteen Eighties, the world underwent a dramatic change. It offered excellent audio quality and its 650MB storage capacity was a great leap in data storage and retrieval. This was the first time people had access to pre-recorded, recordable and rewritable media at low costs. It enabled widespread recording and distribution of audio. However, in the 1990’s, the demand for higher storage capacities arose and led to the development of the DVD which was a 5 – 10 x increase in storage capacity. Even though the know-how was novel, the latest DVD format made use of the same form factor as the Compact Disc that made easy the transformation to next generation format. This increased the DVD’s popularity with the clients.

Today, the blu ray discs are yet another revolution in technology. This novel optical disc system is an important creation of the Blu Ray Disc Association (BDA) which includes Dell, Hp, Hitachi, LG, Samsung, Apple, JVC, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Sony, Pioneer, Philips, Thomson, Sharp and TDK. The BDA boasts 180 of the world’s leading consumer electronics, media and personal computer manufacturers.

Blu ray discs offer an increase in storage capacity with its 25GB on a single-layer disc to its 50GB on a dual-layer disc. It is the last word in user experience and facilitates rewriting, recording, playback and distribution of HD videos.

The fact that the blu ray discs are based on the bare disc physical form factor renders it compatible with compact discs and DVDs.

The blu ray discs, as the name suggests, uses a blue-violet laser to read and write data unlike the current technology which uses red laser.

The wavelength of a blue-violet laser (405nm) is way shorter than that of a red laser (650nm) and this has made it easier to concentrate the laser spot with superb accuracy. The plus point in this is that it allows storing of data in very little space compactly giving the user extra space to add more data even though the size of the disc is similar to that of a normal CD/DVD.

Presently supported by some of the world’s leading consumer electronics, personal computer, video game, recording media, and music companies, these new generation blu ray discs have also won the support of Hollywood studios and other smaller studios, some of whom have already announced the release of new movies on blu ray discs.