Blu-ray : A Primer.

Blu-ray is an optical disc format which is ready to rival HD-DVD in the race to be the de-facto standard storage medium for HDTV. The HD-DVD vs Blu-ray battle is like that between Betamax and VHS and DVD+RW and DVD-RW. Like HD-DVD, Blue laser discs don't need a caddy and the players and recorders will be in a position to play current DVD discs. Looking like they've learned nothing from the DVD ? RW debacle, the corporations concerned, whether or not they are in the technology or content distribution industry ( or in Sony's case, both ), are ready to slug it out over the next few years. Here is a awsome item all about 42 hdtv.

The prize is the licence costs that will be payable to the format owners when the next generation of hi-def DVD players and recorders start shipping in volume. Both Blu-ray and HD-DVD were developed responding to the predicted need for an HDTV recording medium and supply content whose quality would match the expectancies of HDTV-owning customers. Underwater corner is Toshiba, that has developed HD-DVD and has joined up countless film firms as advocates, including Warner Siblings , New Line, Supreme , and Universal Photos .

The BDA claims that though blue laser discs and players are already shipping in Japan, they will not ship in America till the end of 2005 at the earliest. However, as with all advanced technology, costs will quickly fall - especially as Blu-ray will be contesting with HD-DVD for that space under your Television .