SEMINAR

ON
BLURAY
TECHNOLOGY
P.SAI PRANAY RAJ
B.Tech
Iv Yr (ECE)
GNIT

EVOLUTION:
VHS: analog
DVD: digital
BD: high-definition.
Enables recording,
rewriting, and
playback of highdefinition video.
Capable of storing
information that the
DVD and CD are not
capable of holding

HISTORY
BLU-RAY disc (BD) is appropriately named after the
blue laser used to write the data.
The first blue laser was developed in 1996 by Shuji
Nakamura (Nichia Corporation).
In 2002, an alliance was formed, called the BLU-RAY
Disc Association, including the likes of Sony, Samsung,
Sharp, Hewlett-Packard, and Royal Phillips
The e is intentionally left out of the name due to
trademark restrictions.

Disc Characteristics
The power conservation
allows the development of
multi-layer platforms and
high-speed recording.
BD-ROM: read-only
format.
BD-R and BD-RE:
recordable formats (RE:
rewritable; R: recordable
once).