A new era in high definition recordable media is here.
Expected to revolutionize data and high-definition video storage, the Blu-ray disc provides for high-capacity data recording and duplication of up to 50GB a disc.
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MCE Blu-ray internal recordable drives are specially designed to allow Mac users the same media storage capabilities as PC users. With the power of an MCE Blu-ray internal recordable drive, individual users can store up to 12,500 songs, 50,000 photos or 23 hours of standard definition video on a single disc. Read More

The term "Blu-ray disc recordable" will soon be entering the consciousness of technophiles worldwide as this new media format becomes increasingly affordable and viable for the individual consumer. It refers to a pair of media formats that can be created using specialized Blu-ray optical disc recording equipment. The acronyms used to describe these formats are BD-R and BD-RE. Read More

Blu-ray recordable media discs are capable of storing much more data than conventional CDs or DVDs, thanks to the advanced laser technology that powers this new format. Utilizing the data density power of shorter-wavelength blue-violet light, this media format has become the standard for the high definition video age. A single-layer Blu-ray recordable disc can easily hold a 135-minute MPEG-2 high definition video file, with dual-layer discs capable of storing up to nine hours of HD video footage. Read More

Blu-ray recordable discs have more than five times the storage capacity of conventional DVDs, and are able to store up to 50 gigabytes of information on a single dual-layer disc. As with CDs and DVDs, rewritable versions of the technology are available, allowing users to erase and rerecord data over and over. Read More

Rewritable Blu-ray discs are available in single-layer and dual-layer formats, with each layer capable of holding approximately 25 gigabytes of data. Thus, a dual-layer disc could store 50 gigs of data, which is enough to hold up to nine hours of high-definition video or 23 hours of video at standard definition resolutions. Read More

A typical portable Blu-ray disc duplicator comes with a wide variety of helpful features that make the mass production of CDs, DVDs and high-definition videodiscs easy and hands-free. These combo players have their own built-in central processing units (CPUs), so they don't require a personal computer interface in order to work. Instead, users can simply store the data to be reproduced on the CPU, take the portable Blu-ray duplicator anywhere there's a suitable power source and enjoy the ease of the one-touch controls. Read More

Though they don't use Blu-ray technology, DVD duplicator towers are ideal for large-scale recordable media reproduction needs. These duplicator units allow for the mass production of CDs and DVDs, and are far less expensive than the high-end Blu-ray disc recorders. If Blu-ray technology isn't needed given the size of the data file to be transferred to disc, DVD duplicators make a much more practical alternative. Read More

Blu-ray recordable disc technology represents the future of high-definition video and data storage. This optical disc format is unique in that it uses shorter-wavelength blue laser light to both write and read the stored data. Read More

The speed of the Blu-ray replication process depends on the speed of the disc drive being utilized in the manufacture of the discs. While the most affordable units function at standard 1x speeds, advanced drives can burn discs at rates as high as 6x, with 8x and 12x units expected to enter the picture as technology continues to improve and become more cost-effective. Read More

The technology that powers the Blu-ray burning process is, in essence, identical to that used in CD and DVD manufacturing and duplication with one important difference. CD and DVD formats use a high-wavelength red laser, which though economically feasible, isn't able to read as much data as shorter-wavelength colors. Read More

With Blu-ray duplication technologies becoming increasingly affordable, more and more consumers are being turned on to the format's massive storage capabilities. Capable of storing more than five times as much data per layer than conventional DVDs, Blu-ray discs are able to hold up to 25 hours of standard-definition video. This is because the format uses blue rather than red lasers to read the stored data. Because blue has a much shorter wavelength than red, more data can be accessed by the laser reading it. Read More

Blu-ray is not a misspelling but a trademarked name. Blu-ray is a format based off blue laser technology. Currently there are a number of blue laser technologies including Blue-ray, UDO, XDCAM, and ProData. Blu-ray is being specifically marketed towards the consumer sector by the Blu-ray Association (BDA). The ten companies involved are Hitachi, Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Pioneer Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Sharp Corporation, Sony Corporation, and Thomson. Read More