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prasannaganesh

does anybody here have owned BLU-RAY drive?

if yes post the experience.

just4kix

It is Blu-Ray and not Blue-Ray.

I have seen Blu-Ray player at my friend's home in US. Blu-Ray discs are awesome in clarity and sound. What exactly do you wish to know?

prasannaganesh

i just to want know whether anybody owned here the next generation media.
that's it.

just4kix

I don't, as yet.

StarK

the blu ray computer drives are quite expensive at this time... a fall is surely expected, only then will it catch on in india... it has become common in the US though... since the launch of PS3..

just4kix

Blu Ray players are retailing at sub $200 in US. I would have purchased one during my last trip but US players are restrictive:

a) Play Region A BDs only
b) Play Region 1 DVDs only

Minor issues, though not serious:
c) 110V / 60 Hz
d) NTSC

Hacks are not available for most as yet.

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Preeti_20

what exactly is blu ray?

newprouser

An advanced version of DVD which uses a blue laser which can "burn" a smaller area of a DVD than the normal red laser used in DVD. Hence more data can be stored.

Currently upto 100 Gb in a disk compared to ~15 gb in DVD

prasannaganesh

it is a next generation storage media in optical format.

It is a successor of DVD and HD-DVD.

it can hold up to 25GB in a single layer of BD. so for now dual layer is produced commercially. so it can hold upto 50GB now.

it can be read and burnt faster than current optical media.

this was mainly developed for support High-definition Format multimedia.
High-definition(HD) is the next generation video format.

Because of its high cost, it was not get support in india yet.

yes it can hold if it is an quad layer BD.
research was progressing now to make further layers.

they say, upto 10 layers can be build upon a single BD but it needs higher processing and producing technology.

If 10 layer is achieved, then a single BD can hold upto 250GB.

just4kix

That is wrong information.

A single layer DVD can store 4.32 GB of data whereas the a dual layer DVD can store twice as much.

The Blu-Ray disc is capable of 25 GB and 50 GB (SL and DL respectively).

After the DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs emerged as the strong contenders for storing high definition video (1080p) with hi-fi sound that is less compressed. HD-DVD (promoted by Toshiba) withdrew from the format war last February and now Blu-Ray discs (BD for short and promoted by Sony) is the sole inheritor of the HD media.

To experience High Definition video, one needs to see it to believe it. Visit a Sony World showroom and ask them for a Blu-Ray demo.