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Blu-ray Disc Association The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has announced the Ultra HD Blu-ray (4K) specification is now complete and has also revealed the next-gen format's official logo. The Blu ...
The gulf in quality between a Blu-ray disc and even the best mainstream streaming services is vast. It's not just something video nerds notice! Which is why I always advocate buying your favorite ...
Private collections of Blu-ray Discs are also quite sizeable. “We estimate the average Blu-ray Disc collector owns at least 1,000 titles says Raphael Tabutin. This growing niche market needs Blu-ray ...
Blu-ray discs can support rich content like dynamic menus and embedded games, which are built using Blu-ray Disc Java (BD-J), a variation of Java for embedded systems.
The Blu-ray Disc Founders organization is composed of Sony, Panasonic, and 11 other major electronic makers. Like its predecessor, the DVD, the BD-ROM will primarily be used for movies.
Second, Blu-ray can already handle 4K – we don’t need a new type of disc. The 4K movie titles Sony delivers to its FMPX1 media players are now are roughly 40GB each – well under Blu-ray’s ...
New "Archival Disc" aims to be the "new standard for professional-use, next-generation optical discs"; 300GB version rolling out next summer.
As a result of Sony’s initial announcement, the internet has been abuzz with conclusions that the Blu-ray Disc format is ending. However, there is more to the story as a follow-up statement issued by ...
A hacker that goes by the functional name of "hacked2123" has posted a guide that shows how it's possible to convert a Blu-ray movie to a regular MPEG file and play it back on a PlayStation 3 ...
Blu-ray discs today come with storage capacities of 25GB for a single-layer disc, and 50GB for a dual-layer disc. The 100GB disc adds a third storage layer for extra capacity.