Blu-Ray and HDTV: A Unbeatable Combination
When HDTV sets first started showing up in stores in 1998 people were amazed at the clearness HDTV offered over regular TV screens. Since then millions of men and women have bought new televisions to take advantage of wide screen flicks with DVDs and high definition cable and satellite broadcasts. While some people still haven't made the jump, a recent technology discovery has made even HDTV fans take notice. Developed by Sony, Blu-Ray has pushed television quality to a higher level. Just a couple years ago, no one had a clue what standard would become the inheritor to DVD, but now Blu-Ray has won and I'll tell you why you should consider adding Blu-Ray to your home entertainment system.
Though research began almost ten years ago, Sony and its partners didn't manufacture a final commercial product till mid 2006. The name Blu-Ray comes from the blue laser that is used to read info from a Blu-Ray formatted disc. This is in opposition to the red laser used to scan standard DVD discs. Yet why is Blu-Ray an improvement over existing DVD formats? Although Blu-Ray discs and players don't look any different than normal DVDs, they can store much more information that means clearer picture, better audio, and more special extras. DVDs can hold up to 8 gigs of data while Blu-Ray discs can hold fifty gigabytes. Big difference. The maximum resolution of a DVD is 720x480 lines while Blu-Ray has a max of 1920x1080 (also referred to as full HD). If you have spent $1000 or more on a 1080p television, you are actually not exploiting everything the set can deliver when watching standard DVDs.
In the beginning costs for Blu-Ray players were well above what a typical user wanted to spend. Prices between $700 and $1000 were common for first generation Blu-Ray players. And, there was another competing standard on the store shelves that made a lot of confusion. Toshiba and NEC introduced their own DVD successor with the delivery of the HD DVD format. HD DVD, with a storage capability of 15 gigs, was an advance over standard DVDs but didn't match the specs of Blu-Ray. But HD DVD did have some market authority. First, they made it to the market a quarter before Blu-Ray. Second, HD DVD devices where a little less expensive to produce and were sold less expensive as a result. Finally, HD DVD had more picture studios on signed up at launch than Sony did which meant more pictures were initially available while Blu-Ray remained rare.
Sony had a huge trick up their sleeve that quite potentially saved Blu-Ray from a Betamax destiny. Sony included a Blu-Ray player into their highly anticipated PlayStation three and sold the entire device cheaper than many stand alone players were going for at the time. Quickly, Blu-Ray commenced making strides until soon it outsold HD DVD 2-to-1 by late 2007. More and more movie studios began to sign on to the Blu-Ray format exclusively, beginning with Warner Brothers in early 2008. Straight after Toshiba stopped making HD DVD players and recorders. By years end rental firms Netflix and Blockbuster, as well as major retail outlets, said they'd no longer carry HD DVD movies. Currently all major studios release their pictures on Blu-Ray. A few still produce HD DVD and Blu-Ray releases at the same time.
Costs have fallen significantly over the past few years too. Many big brand Blu-Ray players from firms like Panasonic and LG can easily be found between $150 and $250. Blu-Ray disc recorders are in the $200 - $400 range and falling. For anyone that enjoys viewing movies at home and has already invested in an HDTV, now is a fabulous time to look into adding a Blu-Ray player to your setup. Even people who may be skeptical about Blu-Ray's enhancements over DVD owe it themselves to go down to their local home entertainment store and ask for a Blu-Ray demonstration. The picture clarity and audio fidelity from Blu-Ray is really outstanding.
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