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Blu-ray is a perfect way to deliver HD programming to today’s viewers. Blu-ray is currently supported by more than 180 of the world’s leading consumer electronics, personal computer, recording media, video game and music companies making it an obvious successor to today’s DVD format.
- 1080p, 1080i or 720p capabilities
- Linear PCM (LPCM) - Up to 8 program audio stems
- Dolby Digital (DD) – used forDVDs, stereo/5.1-channel surround sound
- MPEG2 – Enhanced for HD, also used for playback of DVDs and HDTV recordings
- Duplication & Replication services
- Full color packaging & Fulfillment
*Note there is an AACS Encryption fee to prepare discs for Replication
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FAQ's for Blu-ray & Blu-ray services
- Blu-ray, also commonly known as Blu-ray Disc, is a next-generation optical disc format. This format was developed to enable the recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), in addition to storing large amounts of data. The Blu-ray name is derived from the blue-violet laser used to read and write data to and from the disc. The letter “e” was intentionally left off so the term “Blu-ray” so the term could be registered as a trademark.
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- The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is the consortium that develops and licenses Blu-ray Disc technology. Click here for a list of Players and Playback software updates that are currently available.
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- The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is the consortium that develops and licenses Blu-ray Disc technology. Click here for a list of Players and Playback software updates that are currently available.
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- Blu-ray discs support MPEG-2 - enhanced for HD, also used for playback ofDVDs and HDTV recordings; MPEG-4 AVC - part of the MPEG-4 standard also known as H.264 (High Profile and Main Profile); SMPTE VC-1 - standard based on Microsoft's Windows Media Video (WMV) technology.
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- The Blu-ray optical disc format stores up to 25GB on a single-layer disc (BD-25) and up to 50GB (BD-50) on a dual-layer disc; translating to approximately 9 hours of high-definition (HD) video on a 50GB disc and 23 hours of standard-definition (SD) video on a 50GB disc.
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- Blu-ray audio codec: Linear PCM (LPCM) - up to 8 channels of uncompressed audio. (mandatory)
- Blu-ray audio codec: Linear PCM (LPCM) - up to 8 channels of uncompressed audio. (mandatory)
- Blu-ray audio codec: Dolby Digital (DD) - format used forDVDs, 5.1-channel surround sound. (mandatory)
- Blu-ray audio codec: Dolby Digital Plus (DD+) - extension of Dolby Digital, 7.1-channel surround sound. (optional)
- Blu-ray audio codec: Dolby TrueHD - lossless encoding of up to 8 channels of audio. (optional)
- Blu-ray audio codec: DTS Digital Surround - format used forDVDs, 5.1-channel surround sound. (mandatory)
- Blu-ray audio codec: DTS-HD High Resolution Audio - extension of DTS, 7.1-channel surround sound. (optional)
- Blu-ray audio codec: DTS-HD Master Audio - lossless encoding of up to 8 channels of audio. (optional)
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Parameters |
Blu-ray |
DVD |
| Storage capacity |
25GB (single-layer) |
4.7GB (single-layer) |
| 50GB (dual-layer) |
8.5GB (dual-layer) |
| Laser wavelength |
405nm (blue laser) |
650nm (red laser) |
| Numerical aperture (NA) |
0.85 |
0.6 |
| Disc diameter |
120mm |
120mm |
| Disc thickness |
1.2mm |
1.2mm |
| Protection layer |
0.1mm |
0.6mm |
| Hard coating |
Yes |
No |
| Track pitch |
0.32µm |
0.74µm |
| Data transfer rate (data) |
36.0Mbps (1x) |
11.08Mbps (1x) |
| Data transfer rate (video/audio) |
54.0Mbps (1.5x) |
10.08Mbps (<1x) |
| Video resolution (max) |
1920×1080 (1080p) |
720×480/720×576 (480i/576i) |
| Video bit rate (max) |
40.0Mbps |
9.8Mbps |
| Video codecs |
MPEG-2 |
MPEG-2 |
| MPEG-4 AVC |
- |
| SMPTE VC-1 |
- |
| Audio codecs |
Linear PCM |
Linear PCM |
| Dolby Digital |
Dolby Digital |
| Dolby Digital Plus |
DTS Digital Surround |
| Dolby TrueHD |
- |
| DTS Digital Surround |
- |
| DTS-HD |
- |
| Interactivity |
BD-J |
DVD-Video |
