Pros and cons of the Blu-Ray Disc 11 Articles

by wichita lineman 25

So first, there was the Compact Disc, then there came the DVD, and now comes HD DVD and its competitor, blu-ray. Blu-ray is a very interesting and important piece of technology in many aspects. Obviously, much like with al...read more

by kkiat

A blu-ray disc is a type of storage media in the optical disc format (similar to Cds, DVDs, HD DVDs etc which are other examples of the optical disc format). The main difference between these medium is the type of laser us...read more

by Marc De La Rosa

PROS: Blu-Ray is a very good technology. It is also a very complex machine. This is why the profiles are changing and newer machines will be able to support features that first generation machines don't. It is not true...read more

by Erik Van Tongerloo

A blue ray disk seems to become the new standard of dvd's. But at the moment there are many disadvantages. In the first place at the moment you can't play your cd's and dvd's in a blue ray disk player. I think in the fut...read more

by Mark Bohdanyk

For the last several years, several corporate conglomerates have been meeting to attempt to hammer out a compromise on the next generation of optical disk technologies. There have been two main camps: Sony and Phillips, w...read more

by Ryan James Jimenez

Blu-Ray Disc is coming out this June of 2006. It has an average capacity of at 20GB and can reach upto 200GB in just one disc. With this kind of media, you can put large amounts of data in just one disc. 10 Movies or mo...read more

by Sherlock

Blu-ray is one of two main next-generation disc formats for the entertainment market. It is being promoted as a replacement for DVDs. The Pros: * Blu-ray can hold a lot more data than standard DVDs. Blu-ray discs c...read more

by Chirag Shah

This past Monday, I stormed into my local Best Buy, blu-ray version of "Planet of the Apes" in one hand and notepad in the other. My goal was to learn all I could about new Blu-ray technology, introduced by Sony. After tal...read more

by Michael X

The Blu-Ray Disc is developed by Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). It offers a larger storage capacity than the usual DVDs. It was announced by many companies in February 2002. The Pros: - It includes 2 layers: * A sing...read more

by Kay Andrews

I worked for several years as an IT consultant focused on small photography and video production studios and this has been a topic of much debate since I first began dealing with HD Video back in 2000. My response has bee...read more

by Phil Dotree

Blu-ray DVDs are one form of new large-capacity high definition digital video disc hitting the market. The other big contender for DVD's replacement is HD-DVD. Capacity Blu-ray discs have the ability to store far more...read more