Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
HISTORY
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
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
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
FORMAT OF BD
It comes in four different formats: BD-ROM (read only) : for reading recorded
content.
BD-R (recordable) : for PC data storage. BD-RW (rewritable) : for PC data storage. BD-RE (rewritable) : for HDTV (high definition
television) recording.
TYPES OF BD:
SINGLE LAYER : - Can hold data up to 25/27 GB that means
2 hrs of HD video or about 13 hrs of standard video. DOUBLE LAYER :
THE TECHNOLOGY
Pits : spiral grooves that
run from the centre of the disc to its edges Bumps : other sides of these edges. Track pitch : it is the distance between the two tracks (of pits) on the surface. -------------------------------Disc store digitally encoded data in PITS. --------------------------------
THE TECHNOLOGY
So, in blu-ray disc: 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
BD
DVD
FEATURES OF BD
With BD we can: Record HDTV without any quality loss
Instantly skip to any spot on disc Record one program while watching other on the disc Create playlists Edit or reorder programs recorded on disc Automatically search for an empty space on the disc to
avoid recording over a program Access to web to download subtitles and other extra features And many more
THE NAME
The blu-ray name is a combination of blue, for the color of the laser that is used and ray for optical ray.
The e in blue was purposefully left off, according to the manufacturers, because an everyday word cannot be a trademark.
On GAURD
Blu-ray discs are better armed than
current DVDs. They come equipped with a secure encryption system a unique ID that protects against video piracy and copyright infringement.
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