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 A
 Presentation on
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 Blu ray disc

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 By
 Devashish
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 contents
Ú Introduction
Ú Histroy
Ú Optical disc
Ú Laser
Ú Format of bd
Ú Types of bd
Ú Technology
Ú Comparison
Ú Advantages
Ú disadvantage
Ú
 THE NAME
The blu-ray name is a combination of “blue”,
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for the color of the laser that is used and “ray”

for optical ray.
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The “e” in “blue” was purposefully left off,

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according to the manufacturers, because an

everyday word cannot be a trademark.
 HISTORY

Ø 1st GENERATION:
Compact disc (CD): --- 650/700 MB
It is with us for over 20 years.

Wavelength of laser which reads data: 780

nm
Color of laser: Red

Ø 2nd GENERATION:
Digital versatile disc (DVD): --- 4.7 GB
It offers high quality sound and video

than CD.
Wavelength of laser which reads data: 650

nm
Color of laser: Red
 HISTORY
Ø 3rd GENERATION:
Blu-ray disc (BD): --- 25/50 GB
-Next generation optical disc format.
-Developed by blu-ray disc association (which

includes Apple, Hitachi, HP, LG, Panasonic, Pioneer,

Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony)
-Wavelength of laser which reads data: 405 nm

-Color of laser: Blue - violet which was

developed by
 SHUJI NAKAMURA
 at NICHIA CORPORATION
 Blu ray disc
It is an optical storage device
Laser
laser diode
histroy
blue laser helps to stores more data as bit size is small
various applications of blu ray laser
 FORMAT OF BD
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It comes in four different formats:

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Ø BD-ROM (read only) : for reading recorded content.

Ø BD-R (recordable) : for PC data storage.
Ø BD-RW (rewritable) : for PC data storage.
Ø BD-RE (rewritable) : for HDTV (high definition
television) recording.
 TYPES OF BD:
Ø SINGLE LAYER :
- Can hold data up to 25/27 GB
that means 2 hrs of HD video
or about 13 hrs of standard
video.
Ø DOUBLE LAYER :
- Can hold data up to 50 GB that
means 4.5 hrs of HD video or
more than 20 hrs of standard
video.
 THE TECHNOLOGY
 Pits : spiral grooves that
run from the centre of the
disc to its edges
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 Track pitch : it is the

distance between the two
tracks (of pits) on the
surface.
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NUMERIACAL APERATURE:
Prop of lens

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Disc store digitally encoded

data in PITS.
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 WORKING OF BD DRIVES

Ú LASER DIODE
Ú 2 OPTICAL LENS
Ú PHOTO DETECTOR
DVD VS BLU RAY DISC
 Data transfer
as, in blu-ray disc:
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Pit size – 0.15 microns
( more than twice as
small as the pits on DVD )
Track-pitch is : 0.32

microns
Laser needed : blue-violet

laser (405 nm)

Data transfer rate : 36

Mbps
COMPARISON IN BUILDING BD
AND DVD
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BD 
DVD
Ø Data is placed on top of a 1.1 mm Ø Data is sandwiched b/w two
thick polycarbonate layer polycarbonate layers, each 0.6
 mm thick
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Ø Doesn’t suffer from
BIREFRINGENCE Ø Suffer from BIREFRINGENCE
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Ø Doesn’t suffer from DISC TILT Ø Suffer from DISC TILT

Ø Hard coating is placed outside to 

protect from scratches or Ø No such hard coating is placed

fingerprints
BLU RAY ‘S DURABILITY
ADVANTAGE
Ø Various hard coating technologies make Bly ray
disc most durable and family -friendly”
Ø Hard-coating technology provides resistance to:
 - Finger prints
 - Marks
 - Scratches
 - Dust
Ø Much more ROBUST than today’s
polycarbonate-based CD/DVD’s (and HD
DVD’s)
BLY-RAY’S DENSITY ADVANTAGE
Ø Higher density enables
better data seek times
Ø Shorter to travel for
same amount of data
results in faster data
seek
Ø Better for random
access of data
Advantages of BD
With BD we can:
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Ø Record HDTV without any quality loss

Ø More storage capacity on a disc of the same size
Ø High data transfer rate
Ø Available in different versions likeBD- ROM, BD-R and
BD-RE
Ø Backward compatible
Ø
 Disadvantageof bd
Ø
ØCost for recordable 25gb bd disc for 17 $
ØCost for recordable 50 gb bd disc for 34 $
ØCost for rewriteable 60 $ appox
ØCost of bddiscplayer 300$-400$
Application s of BD
With BD we can:
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Ø Record HDTV without any quality loss

Ø High Definition Camcorder Archiving
Ø Mass Data storage
Ø Gaming companies (ps3)
Ø Drives for pc (bd-rom ,bd –r,bd-re)
 References
Ú http://www.Blu-ray.com/faq/ - Blu-ray FAQ
Ú http://www.Blu-raydisc.com/ - Official Blu-ray
website.
Ú http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc -
Wikipedia entry on Blu-ray disc.
Ú http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/Blu-
ray.htm - how stuff works entry on blu-ray
discs.
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Thank You