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Welcome to blu-rays.tv a site dedicated to High Definition and in particular the Blu-ray format. We will endeavor to keep you informed on all aspects of Blu-ray. Here, you can:

browse or search our complete database of Blu-ray movie releases
create a free member account to allow you to create personalised lists of Blu-ray discs
buy and rent discs online
watch trailer videos
compare reviews from a hand-picked selection of the very best online HD review sources
keep up to date with the latest industry news and articles.

We will transport you around the web to obtain the very best and latest information from a variety of different sources. blu-rays.tv is your one stop shop for Blu-ray.

ABOUT BLU-RAY

Blu-ray Disc referred to as BD is the next generation High Definition optical disc format developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association comprising a consortium of leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturing companies including Apple, Dell, HP, Hitachi, JVC, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Thompson.

Blu-ray also enjoys the support of all the major movie studios and their affiliates including Sony Entertainment, Walt Disney Pictures (Buena Vista), Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Universal and Paramount.

The Blu-ray format was developed to record and playback High Definition Video (HD) with unsurpassed detail and clarity. The discs can store large amounts of data with over 5 times the capacity of a standard DVD. A single layer Blu-ray disc can hold 25GB of data and a dual layer disc can hold 50GB. TDK are in the process of developing even larger multi layer discs with capacities of 100GB and 200GB.

Standard DVD and CD devices use a red laser to read data, where as Blu-ray as the name suggests uses a blue light laser which has a much shorter wavelength making it possible to read more tightly packed data with much greater precision.

Many DVD players currently in the market place have HDMI (high speed data transfer) connections and are capable of up scaling standard DVDs; this means they can improve the image quality to somewhere approaching High Definition. However this is not and never will be regarded as true High Definition. As mentioned earlier standard DVD uses a red laser to read data and as such is not compatible with HD Blu-ray discs. On the other hand Blu-ray players are backward compatible. By combining a red laser and blue laser in the one machine Blu-ray players can upscale standard DVDs, play CDs and Blu-ray High Definition discs.

Blu-ray discs specifications

BD-ROM…used for the distribution of movies, games and software
BD-R…used for recording from HD recorders and for PC storage
BD-RE…Rewritable format used in HD recorders and PC data storage

New advanced Codec’s were developed to support Blu-ray

MPEG-2 – enhanced for HD also used for playback of DVD and HD recordings.
MPEG-4 AVC.
SMPTE VC-1 – Microsoft Windows Media Video Technology

All produce stunning High Definition images with unparalleled clarity and detail. Blu-ray has a resolution 12 times greater than the old analogue TV system and 5 times the resolution of standard DVDs.

Blu-ray also supports the new High Definition uncompressed audio formats for amazing sound the like of which has never been experienced by consumers before.

Currently Blu-ray supports the following Codec’s

Dolby Digital – 5.1 channel
Dolby Digital Plus – 7.1 channels
Dolby Tru HD – 8 channels
Linear PMC uncompressed – 8 channels
DTS -5.1 channels
DTS-HD – 7.1 channels
DTS-HD Master Audio – lossless 8 channels

Blu-ray is the future of High Definition, When hooked up to a suitable High Definition TV through the HDMI high speed cable connection you will experience truly stunning High Definition images with eye popping clarity and detail that at times almost seems 3D. Combine these crystal clear images with the new awesome sound of uncompressed High Definition audio and you will experience sight and sound like never before.

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