Blu Ray 101

Pokok berita berbunyi: "Sony Says Blu Ray akan menaklukkan Setengah Pasar menjelang 2008." Sampai kini, anda mungkin mempunyai belum pernah setuju akan Blu Ray cakra pemain terlebih dahulu. Jangan dikuatirkan, sewaktu bisa sangat melitihkan untuk mengikuti perkembangan seluruh teknologi mutakhir! Berita baik ialah bahwa anda tidak mendapat suckered ke dalam menyuap HD DVD PLAYER yang sekarang usang. Di sini anda akan mengetahui sama sekali tentang hal-hal pokok tentang teknologi baru ini agar anda bisa membulatkan tekad anda sebagai ke entah adalah cenderung atau kebutuhan bagi rumah tangga anda.

Sedikit hal lebih membingungkan kepada konsumen rata-rata daripada berkedip-dan-anda-merindukan-itu perang rerumputan di antara perusahaan teknologi. Toshiba dan kira Microsoft HD DVDs itu akan menjadi hal besar berikutnya. Tetapi, Blu Ray DVD Sony format muncul pemenang. Demise HD DVDs sudah menghasilkan permintaan bertambah untuk lebih mahal Blu Ray cakra pemain, menurut baru saja PriceGrabber.com statistika. Jika anda tidak cukup akrab dengan Blu Ray teknologi, lalu memikirkannya sebagai MESIN DVD yang mana seharusnya VCRs sepuluh tahun yang lalu.

Teknologi berganti terus-menerus; adalah sifat binatang. Setiap tahun nampaknya ada model baru Playstation atau berjudi ke luar. Kami sudah memahami kemajuan musik dari 8-jalan setapak dan mesin DAT ke pita kaset, ke CDs, dan ke atas MP3s. Demikian pula, kami sudah melihat film bergerak ke pita VHS dan DVDs, dan sekarang definisi tinggi DVD. tidak ada cara untuk meramalkan apa yang akan terjadi berikutnya dan sukar menolak menilpon sampai konsumerisme. Satu hal untuk pasti: Blu Ray Sony sudah mengesan suka Warner Brothers, Rubah, Lionsgate, MGM, Tertinggi dan studio Disney cukup untuk menghasilkan semua upcoming pengeluaran definisi tinggi di format baru.

Adalah anda bertanya-tanya jika anda sebaiknya succumb kepada Blu Ray teknologi, atau hanya saham tak terjual dengan MESIN DVD tua anda? Jawaban bergantung di bagaimana besar pengilapan film anda ialah, benar-benar. Jika anda menjadi jenis orang yang menonton film seminggu atau setiap minggu-minggu pasangan dan mencintai bioskop rumah itu, definisi tinggi, melingkungi-baik pengalaman, lalu Blu Ray cakra pemain pada masa depan dekat anda. Tetapi, jika anda enggan untuk membuang VCR tua anda, anda lebih suka pergi ke film, atau anda menganggap sendiri menjadi teramat hemat, lalu anda mungkin pilih untuk menikmati Blu Ray seorang teman film malahan.

Blu Ray (BR) is the new format developed for optimal recording, rewriting, playing and storing of high-definition video. The world first learned about the new technology with the release of Sony's PlayStation3 in November 2006. To make more advanced games, Sony needed a way to "fit in" more data. While the DVDs in your current collection hold 9 GB of information, the Blu Ray discs are able to hold 25-50 GB, making it five times more efficient! Manufacturers like Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp and JVC (to name a few) are using a different type of laser (blue versus the traditional red) to pack more data with better precision.

When 5.0 Surround Sound first came out, it revolutionized how we heard movies and music. Blu Ray features 7.0 Surround Sound for more bumps, shouts and vibrations than ever before. Likewise, the picture quality is said to be six times better than a regular HD-DVD. The good news is that old CDs and DVDs will still work on the Blu Ray players, although all new movie releases will only work on the new Blu Ray players.

Before you get angry about having to retire the old DVD player, you should know about some of the other cool features that Blu Ray can offer. Imagine purchasing a new DVD and then downloading exciting, updated bonus material onto the rewritable storage section of the disc. The interactive nature of the Blu Ray format was a major selling feature for film studios because it allows them more creativity and personalized interaction. The developers are talking about further innovation with music discs and cell phone ring tones. So far, the best way to buy the Blu Ray technology is by purchasing a PlayStation3, which will allow you to do much more than just watch amazing high-definition movies. You'll also be able to listen to music, surf the web, store data and play video games (against the computer or another player on the console and online against multiple players). The machine starts at $399 and is the cheapest way to bring the new technology into your home.

Several days after the November 2006 release of PS3, Sony offered its first stand alone Blu Ray disc player for $300. Thanks to the new technology, the PlayStation was surpassing its rival, the Xbox360, by selling 13 million units. The Blu Ray 1.0 was your bare bones player, but it lacked ethernet ports and all of the functionality that the superior PS3 machines had. Since November, all the Blu Ray players featuring 1.1-2.0 technology and are BD-Live enabled, meaning that you can link up to the internet to download movie trailers onto the rewritable portion of your Blu Ray disc and play interactive games, as well as receive firmware updates and exclusive downloads of additional bonus material.

So just how popular is the Blu Ray? It's so popular that market analysts are speculating that Sony may not have the capacity to tackle the demand for the new media! The demand is said to be around 43 million units worldwide, but factories can only handle production for 38 million, and that's after an upgrade to their facilities. Therefore, you can expect prices to remain high until the supply side catches up with the demand. Prices on the initial players range from $400 to $1,000 but the subsequent versions are expected to be offered for around $300.

If you plan on collecting new releases and snubbing the Blu Ray; forget about it! Sony, Fox, Lionsgate, MGM, Paramount and Disney Studios have all entered exclusive agreements to release all new movies in Blu Ray format, which is roughly 75% of all releases so far. If you were one of the unfortunate ones to purchase Toshiba or Microsoft's HD DVD players, then there is not much you can do at this point but cut your losses. The "buzz gift of 2007" is slowly being pushed out of the market in favor of Sony's new media. However, there are some people who suspect that more consumers will stay out of the turf war all together and will simply download new movies.

You may be wondering how the Blu Ray phenomenon is going to ripple out through the rest of the technological world. Dell has started making Blu Ray disc drives on their PCs and laptops for under $1,000, Blu Ray CD burners are available at Best Buy for $200 (internal) - $500 (external), and Sony is even planning BR high-definition LCD televisions. Don't see BR technology as a nuisance, but rather see it as the next step of evolution, and a way of making entertainment more efficient and valuable to the consumer.

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