Why Is Blu-ray Better?

Blu-ray disc was invented by the Blu-ray Disc Association which was formed by nine electronic companies. Blu-ray disc is optical disc storage medium just as the DVD in dimensions and it is a new format that developed as an heir to the DVD. It has approximately six times of storage than DVD, and the blue laser is used to read the disc. There are some special features of Blu-ray that made it better when compared to DVDs and other optical media storage devices. Blu-ray disks were released for sales purposes in 2006. Although DVD & Blu-ray Movies are widely available, Blu-ray disc are leading the market gradually due to following reasons.

- High storage capacity of Blu-ray discs.
- High quality video standards(High-definition video of 1080p)
- High quality audio standards
- High transfer rate of data (4.2MB per second where it is 1.3MB per sec. in SDVD)
- Most Blu-ray players support both Standard DVDs and CDs
- Cost effectiveness- Although it costs more than DVD, when considered about the storage space Blu-ray costs less for 1MB than 1MB of DVD)
- Coating is done in a much safer way to prevent from scratches.- This is a great effect for disc’s durability.

Since Blu-ray DVDs are high in capacity they are ideal for movies, music, and games. What make purchasers to buy Blu-ray is its high picture quality and sound quality that gives them a live experience which makes Blu-ray shoulder above the DVD. Furthermore, you will be able to find a lot of industry giants in IT and film industry has been using Bu-ray discs very effectively and successfully. Founder Companies of Blu-ray discs are Hitachi, LG, Mitsubishi Electric, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony and Thomson. Some of the industry leads that support blu-ray are, Twentieth Century Fox, Walt Disney, Apple, Dell, HP and TDK.

Although the high definition DVD disks are considered to be the main competitor of blu-ray disks, statistical reports available online states that the sale of Blu-ray discs are dramatically high than the high definition DVDs. Therefore, the above are some reasons I gathered through research just to strength the fact that, “Why is Blu-ray Better?”

By: Suda

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