Blu-ray Movie & Players

The name Blu-ray is derived from technology which uses a blue-violet laser in contrast to a red laser used in standard DVD formats. Blu-violet-ray doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, hence the straightforward "Blu-ray" was born.

Blu-ray players are high definition devices that support 1080p, the best available picture quality, which shows content at a much higher resolution than a standard DVD player.

Blu-ray discs were created to read and write large amounts of information. While a standard DVD can only hold 4.7 GB of data, a Blu-ray disc can hold up to 25 GB of high-def data, resulting in greater video and audio quality. Blu-ray discs play on Blu-ray but not standard players and you can also play standard DVDs on Blu-ray players. However Blu-ray discs and players together will provide the ultimate, optimized high-def viewing experience.

Blu-ray discs are capable of feeding significantly more audio information into your sound system to provide deeper, richer sound. However HDTV built-in speakers tend to have low power and relatively poor sound quality compared to a home-theater system and the benefits of high-def sound cannot truly be appreciated without a surround-sound speaker system, in which it allows you to fully experience high-definition entertainment.

Without a Blu-ray player, you won't get a true High-def picture when you watch movies or TV programs on a disc--even with an HDTV.

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