BLU-RAY DISC

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY
THE NAME
FEATURES OF BD
FORMATS OF BD
TYPES OF BD
THE TECHNOLOGY
COMPARISION
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
CONCLUSION
 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
 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.
Blu-ray Companies
 FEATURES OF BD

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.
 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 :
- 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
Bumps : other sides of these
edges.
Track pitch : it is the distance
between the two tracks (of
pits) on the surface.
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Disc store digitally encoded
data in PITS.
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 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 : 0.30 microns
Laser needed : blue-violet
laser (405 nm)
Data transfer rate : 36 Mbps
COMPARISON IN BUILDING BD AND DVD
BD DVD
Data is placed on top of a 1.1 mm Data is sandwiched b/w two
thick polycarbonate layer polycarbonate layers, each 0.6
mm thick
Doesn’t suffer from
BIREFRINGENCE Suffer from BIREFRINGENCE

Doesn’t suffer from DISC TILT Suffer from DISC TILT

Hard coating is placed outside to No such hard coating is placed
protect from scratches or
fingerprints
BLU RAY ‘S DURABILITY ADVANTAGE
Various hard coating technologies make Bly ray disc most
durable
Hard-coating technology provides resistance to:
- Finger prints
- Marks
- Scratches
- Dust
Much more ROBUST than today’s polycarbonate-based
CD/DVD’s (and HD DVD’s)
BLY-RAY’S DENSITY ADVANTAGE

Higher density enables better

data seek times
Shorter to travel for same
amount of data results in
faster data seek
Better for random access of
data
On GAURD
• Blu-ray discs are better armed than current DVD’s. They come
equipped with a secure encryption system– a unique ID that protects
against video piracy and copyright infringement.
 DISADVANTAGES

Cost is High.
Due to increase in HD DVD Players, Blu-ray may be nullified because
consumers will settle for less expensive.
 CONCLUSION
•Very soon BD’s will replace CDs and DVDs
Thank You