Blu-Ray technology is the next generation of optical disc format developed by the Blu-Ray Disc Association(BDA) and major developers of consumer electronics, computers, and media manufacturers around the globe. The technology will enable consumers to store large amount of data (5 to 6 times more than DVD), record/rewrite digital content, and watch high definition videos [...]
Blu-ray discs have the ability to store and play movies in 1080p resolution. But what exactly is 1080p resolution? What is the difference between 1080i resolution and 1080p resolution. HD DVD has the ability to store and play movies at 1080p, so why is Blu-ray better?
Blu-ray seems to be headed off to a great start with Mission Impossible 3. Mission Impossible 3 was definitely a blockbuster at the block office, but who would have imagined the spectacular success it would have in Blu-ray format. But, will it be enough to defeat Blu-ray’s biggest rival…HD DVD?
Are we assisting to the birth of the real battle for the next generation of movies for our home theaters? With the announcement by Apple of the availability of movies on their itune library and the release this fall of the Zune from Microsoft, we have the right to believe so. Other big players, like Amazon, are already going after the movie downloading market which seems to be a very strong social trend. Ont the other end, Blu-ray and HD DVD is not a social trend at all.
We have noticed that there is a lot of confusion about blu-ray (Blue-ray) spelling. Almost 50% of all Blu-ray searches in Google are done with Blue-ray or Blueray. And within the misspelled searches, Blue-ray is about 80% and Blueray is the other 20%. The numbers from Overture for july are 26708 searches for Blu-ray compared to 8618 for Blue-ray and 1082 for Bluray. It was a choice made by the Blu-ray disc association to remove the “e” from blue-ray to be able to have a trademark on it. “Blue-ray disc” or “Blueray disc” would have not been so easy. We are wondering if people are searching half the time with “Blue-ray players” or “Blue-ray movies” or even worse “HD DVD vs. Blue-ray”, if they are going to find what they are looking for? They will find results talking about blu-ray, but it’s going to be limited because of the pollution done by sites that have misspelled blu-ray themselves with blue-ray or blueray.
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