What Makes BluRay Better Than DVD
A lot of people are having a hard time deciding between jumping to BluRay or continuing on with DVDs. There was a competition between which way technology would go- BluRay or HD-DVD. BluRay won. The biggest difference you will notice between dvd and BluRay is the price. Other than that, they look pretty similar.
For starters, the main difference that cant be seen is the amount of storage capacity on the two discs. A standard DVD can hold up to about four hours on a double layer DVD. In comparison, the Blu-ray can hold up to three times as much on a dual layer, and nearly four and a half hours of HD information or 13 hours of standard definition. That is a lot of space to fill. The lasers that read the information on the disc are also different.
BluRays use a small blue laser to read them, as opposed to the larger red laser that the DVD uses. This means that the reading of the BluRay is more precise. BluRays also have a stronger protective coating than a DVD. They need to be handled with care, but are more durable than their predecessor. A more important factor to the BluRay is the better resolution of them.
A normal DVD has a resolution of between 480 ad 520, which is half that of a BluRay. THe BluRay has true 1080 and works best on HDTVs. The current BluRay players will play DVDs, but will not be high definition, making the picture not as crisp. You don’t have to re buy all of your DVDs on BluRay, you can purchase a DVD that upgrades the DVDs to more like high def. If you use an HDMI cable in conjunction with it, it will almost be true HD.
So, is the price of the Blu-ray player worth the price of admission? Once again, it is the only way to watch true HD on an HDTV. The prices for the players has also come way down in the last couple of years and are less then what DVD players cost when they first came out. As an even better deal, you can basically get a Blu-ray player for free when you buy a Playstation 3. It will play all of you standard DVDs as well as Blu-rays. It is an easy way to justify the purchase as you get two systems, a gaming console and a Blu-ray player in one package for under $400. Just make sure that you hook it up with an HDMI cable. It makes all the difference in the world.
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