Enhanced Technology and Options of Blu-Ray Disk Technology

Blu-ray disk format utilizes two video compression codecs for recording full length HD movie. One recording format is VC-1. This recording codec was co-developed by Microsoft. VC-one is the variation of the Microsoft's Windows media codec. Higher compression is obtainable by VC-1 codec and also the signal loss during the method of encoding/decoding has been minimized.

The other recording codec utilized by Bluray disk format is advanced video coding (AVC). It is an enhanced kind of MPEG-4. The DVD disk format uses the MPEG-2 compression codec.

MPEG-four codec used by Blu-ray disc technology is more efficient than its predecessor MPEG-2. Bluray disk technology offers superior and exceptional quality of audio/video at lower bit-rates that the DVD disc format. The HD quality offered by Blu-ray media disks exceeds the users' expectations. Each these recording codecs offer more flexibility to the studios for recording their Bluray media disks. When the pre-existing DVD released bonus options are ported to the Blu-ray disk format, then they are recorded within the MPEG-two codec. The Bluray disk players are terribly helpful as they'll conjointly play the DVD media disks so providing extra benefit to the users.

Bluray disk players conjointly perform the up-gradation of the 480p DVD normal to the quasi high definition levels and then up to resolution of 1080p. That is how a Blu-ray player enhances the resolution and quality of DVD. Blu-ray disk format supports the latest HD audio codecs. The mixture of advanced A/V receivers, decoding power and massive storage capability of Bluray technology guarantee such high quality. The other two competing codecs Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio have the aptitude to breed 7.1 discrete audio channels with increased dynamic range and accuracy ever before achieved in home. In order to shrink the storage needs and bandwidth, these codes use compression. As a result of this compression, the soundtracks made are the initial PDM master tapes' bit excellent copies.

Interactivity has been improved within the Blu-ray disk technology. BD-Live is additionally supported by the BD-ROM Profile 2.0. Its features can be updated through the internet. The Profile 1.1 players require WiFi association or Ethernet port for quick speed internet connectivity. That is why most of the profile 1.one Bluray disk players can not support the profile 2.0. The players want to temporarily store at least one-GB of varying information amount. Use of SD memory card of USB flash drive will do the trick. The newest Bluray disk players totally support BD-ROM 2.zero Profile. These Blu-ray players also have network ports that help the users in enabling new features and fixing bugs. Java software is an essential component of the Blu-ray specification that assists in interactivity and elaborates the popup disk menus. On the other hand in DVD format, the animated menus are pre-rendered. The prime games of latest generation also benefit from the highly reliable BD-Java technology. The outer layer of the high capacity Blu-ray media disk is more durable and harder that protects the surface from scratches and dirt particles thus ensuing in an exceedingly more economical and reliable media disk technology.

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