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On the topic BLU-RAY DISC

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BLU-RAY DISC meant for storage of high definition

video and high –density data. As

Index:-
compared to the HDVD format,
1) ABSTRACT

2) INTRODUCTION TO BLU-RAY its main competitor, Blu-ray has

DISC
more information capacity per
3) BLU-RAY VS. DVD CAPACITY
layer, 25 instead of 15 gigabytes.
4) ADVANTAGES OF BLU_RAY DISC:
Blu-ray dics not only have more
5) WORKING OF BLU_RAY:
storage capacity than traditional
6) BUILDING OF BLU-RAY:
DVDs, but they also offer a new
7) BLU-RAY VS OTHER NEW DISC
FORMATS: level of interactivity. Users will

8) HD-DVD: be able to connect to the

9) OTHER COMPETETORS: internet and instantly download

10) WHEN WILL BLUE RAY BECOME subtitles and other interactive
AVAILABLE
movie features.
11) APPLICA TIONS:

12) PC DATA STORAGE Blu-ray gets its name from the

13) CONCLUSION: shorter wavelength (405 nm) of

a “blue” (technically blue-violet)

laser that allows it to store

ABSTRACT
substantially more data than a

DVD, which has the same

Blu-ray disc (BD) is a next
physical dimensions but uses a
generation optical disc format
longer wavelength(650 nm red manufacturers, it’s very likely

laser). that the technology will be

adopted as the next-generation

There are plans for BD-ROM
optical disc format for PC data
(read only), BD (recordable) and
storage and replace technologies
BD-RE (rewritable) drives for PCS
such as DVD+-R, DVD+-RW, and
and with the support of the
DVD+-RAM.

INTRODUCTION TO BLU-RAY DISC

A current, single-sided, standard times more storage. As TV sets and

DVD can hold 4.7 GB (gigabytes) of movie studios make the move to

Information. That's about the size high definition consumers are

of an average two-hour, standard- going to need playback systems

definition movie with a few extra with a lot more storage capacity.

features. But a high-definition

Blu-ray is the next-generation
movie, which has a much clearer
digital video disc. It can record,
image (see how Digital Television
store and play back high definition
Works), takes up about five times
video and digital audio, as well as
more bandwidth and therefore
computer data.
requires a disc with about five
The advantage to BIu-ray is the about 13 hours of standard
sheer amount of information it can
video.
hold:

• A single-layer BIu-ray disc,

• A double-layer Blu-ray disc
which is roughly the same size
can store up to 54 GB, enough
as a DVD, can hold up to 27 GB
to hold about 4.5 hours of high-
of data that's more than two
definition video or more than 20
hours of high-definition video or
hours of standard video ..

BLU-RAY VS. DVD CAPACITY

ADVANTAGES OF BLU_RAY DISC:

• Record High-Definition
Television (HDTV) without any
quality loss. • Create play lists.

• Instantly skip to any spot on • Edit programs recorded on

the disc. the disc.

• Record one program while

watching another on the disc
 • Automatically search for • Access the web to down
load subtitles and other extra
an empty space on the disc features

to avoid recording over a

program.

WORKING OF BLU_RAY:

Discs store digitally encoded (405 nanometers) than a red laser

video and audio information in (650 nano meters). The smaller

pits spiral grooves that run from beam focuses more precisely,

the center of the disc to its edges. enabling it to read information

A laser reads the other side of recorded in pits that are not only

these pits the bumps to play the 0.15 microns long this is more than

movie or program that is stored on twice as small as the pits on a

the DVD. The more data that is DVD.Plus, Blue-ray has reduced the

contained on a disc, the smaller track pitch from 0.74 microns to

and more closely packed the pits 0.32 microns. The smaller pits,

must be. The smaller the pita (and smaller beam and shorter track

therefore the bumps), the more pitch together enable a single-layer

precise the reading laser must be. Blu-ray disc to hold more than

25GB of information about five

Unlike current DVD’s, which use a
times the amount of information
red laser to read and write data,
that can be stores on a DVD.
Blu-ray uses a blue laser (which is

where the format gets its name). A

blue laser has a shorter wavelength

Each BIu-ray disc is about the same beams. If the beam is split too

thickness (1.2 millimeters) as a widely, the disc cannot be read.

DVD. But the two types of discs Also, if the DVD surface is not

store data differently. In a DVD, the exactly flat, and is therefore not

data is sandwiched between two exactly perpendicular to the beam,

polycarbonate layers, each O.6-mm it can lead to a problem known as

thick. Having a polycarbonate layer disc tilt, in which the laser beam is

on top of the data can cause a distorted. All of these issues lead to

problem called birefringence, in a very involved manufacturing

which the substrate layer refracts process.

the laser light into two separate

BUILDING OF BLU-RAY:
The BIu-ray disc overcomes DVD- on top of a l.l-mmthick

reading issues by placing the data polycarbonate layer. Having the

data on top prevents birefringence eliminated. Because the data is

and therefore prevents readability closer to the surface, a hard

problems. And, with the recording coating is placed on the outside of

layer sitting closer to the objective the disc to protect it from scratches

lens of the reading mechanism, the and fingerprints.

problem of disc tilt is virtually

The design of the BIu-ray discs layer is sandwiched. The process

saves on manufacturing costs. must be done very carefully to

Traditional DVDs are built by prevent birefringence.

injection molding the two O.6-mm

discs between which the recording

1. The two discs are molded. BIu-ray discs only do the injection-

molding process on a single I.I-mm

2. The recording layer is added to
one of the discs. disc, which reduces cost. hat

savings balances out the cost of

3. The two discs are glued
together. adding the protective layer, so the

end price is no more than the price

of a regular DVD.

BLU-RAY VS OTHER NEW DISC FORMATS:

Will Blu-ray replace previous DVDs? in both formats on a single

Its manufactures hope so. In the disc. But Blu-ray is not alone in the

meantime JVC has developed a Blu- marketplace. A few other formats

ray /DVD combo disc with an are competeting for a share of DVD

approximate 33.5GB capacity, market.

allowing for the release of video

HD-DVD:
The other big player is HD_DVD, data; a double –layer disc can

also called AOD(Advanced Optical hold 30 GB(that’s compared to

Disc), which DVD and can 27 GB and 50 GB for Blu-ray).

therefore be manufactured with The read-only versions hold slightly

the same equipment, saving on less data. Also, HD_DVD doesn’t

costs. The disadvantage is that it offer the interactive capabilities

can’t match the storage capacity of of Blu-ray , although it will

Blu-ray. A rewritable, single layer probably be less expensive than

HD_DVD can hold 20 GB of its competitor

OTHER COMPETETORS:
Blu-ray and HD-DVD are the two 9.8 GB on a double-sided disc).

major competitors in the market, And China has introduced the

there are other contenders, as Enhanced Video Disc (EVD),

well. Warner Bros. Pictures has another high-defnition video disc

developed its own system, called

There are also professional
HD-DVD-9. This system uses a
versions of the Blu laser
higher compression rate to put
technology. Sony has developed
more information (about two
XDCAM and ProData (Professional
hours of high –definition video)
Disc for Data). The former is
on a standard DVD. Taiwan has
designed for use by broadcasters
created the Forwarded Versatile
and AV studios. The latter is
Disc(FVD), an upgraded version
primarily for commercial data
of today’s DVDs that allows for
storage (for example ,backing up
more data storage capacity (5.4
servers).
GB on a single –sided disc and

WHEN WILL BLUE RAY BECOME AVAILABLE

Blu-ray recorders are already television shows are produced in

available in Japan, where more high-definition ( which is

consumers have access to HDTV expected to happen by late

than in the United States. 2005 or 2006), BIu-ray movies

Outside of Japan, once more TV and TV shows on disc should

sets come equipped with a high- become widely available. But the

definition tuner and more films and format is already available for
home recording, professional

recording and data storage.

Another important factor is cost. once demand grows and they

Just as with most new can be mass-produced,

technologies, Blu-ray equipment manufacturers say the price will

will be pricey at first. In 2003, drop to within 10 percent of the

Sony released its first BIu-ray price of current DVDs.

recorder in Japan with a price

tag of around $3,000. The price is

Even when the new video
expected to drop as the format
standard begins to replace
gains popularity. Blu-ray discs
current technologies, consumers
may also be initially more
won't have to throw away their
expensive than today's DVDs, but
DVDs, but they will need to
invest in a new player. The both blue and red lasers, which will

industry is planning to market be able to play traditional DVDs

backward-compatible drives with and CDs as well as Blu-ray discs.

APPLICA TIONS:

The Play station 3 will be the first

Blu-ray accessable player.
Sony has announced that the
The first BIu-Ray recorder was
PlayStation 3 will be shipped with a
unveiled by Sony and was
Blu-Ray drive, but possibly just a
introduced to the Japanese market.
read-only one. Sony's machine will
JVC and Samsung Electronics
also support BD-ROM pre-recorded
announced Blu-ray based products
media, which are expected to be
at IFA in Berlin, Germany.
available in early 2006.
PC DATA STORAGE

Blu-ray drives currently in prototypes with a 108 Mbit/s

production can transfer transfer rate are in development.

approximately 36 Mbit/s (54 Mbit/s Rates of 8x or more are planned for

for BD-ROM), but 2x speed the future.

Hewlett Packard has announced Philips was scheduled to debut a

plans to sell Blu-ray-equipped Blu-ray computer drive in the

desktop PCs and laptops. In second half of 2005, but it was also

December 2005, HP announced delayed. On March 10, 2005 Apple

that they would also be supporting Computer joined the Blu-ray Disc

the rival HD DVD technology. Association.

CONCLUSION:
Blu-ray disc has been a hold about 4.5 hours of high

consistent road map to emerging -definition video or more than 20

disc technologies. Blue-ray can hours of standard video. And

store up to 54 GB, enough to there are even plans in the

works to develop a disc with the next generation optical disc

twice that amount of storage. format for PC data storage and

replace technologies such as

It’s very likely that the
DVD+-R, DVD+-RW, and DVD-
technology will be adopted as
RAM.

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