By : Prajot Raiker

HISTORY
1st GENERATION:
Compact disc (CD): --- 650/700 MB
It is with us for over 20 years.
Wavelength of laser which reads data: 780 nm
Color of laser: Red
2nd GENERATION:
Digital versatile disc (DVD): --- 4.7 GB
It offers high quality sound and video than CD.
Wavelength of laser which reads data: 650 nm
Color of laser: Red

HISTORY
3rd GENERATION:
Blu-ray disc (BD): --- 25/50 GB
-Next generation optical disc format.
-Developed by Blu-ray disc association (which
includes Apple, Hitachi, HP, LG, Panasonic,
Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony)
-Wavelength of laser which reads data: 405 nm
-Color of laser: Blue-violet

THE NAME
The Blu-ray name is a combination of
blue, for the color of the laser that is
used and ray for optical ray.
The e in blue was purposefully left off,
according to the manufacturers, because
an everyday word cannot be a trademark.

FORMAT OF BD
It comes in four different formats:
BD-ROM (read only) : for reading recorded

content.
BD-R (recordable) : for PC data storage.
BD-RW (rewritable) : for PC data storage.
BD-RE (rewritable) : for HDTV (high
definition television) recording.

TYPES OF BD
SINGLE LAYER :
- Can hold data up to 25GB that means 2 hrs.
of HD video or about 13 hrs. of standard
video.
DOUBLE LAYER :
- Can hold data up to 50 GB that means 4.5
hrs. of HD video or more than 20 hrs. of
standard video.

Comparison
Between
DVD vs. BD

Comparison
BD

DVD

Data

is placed on top of a 1.1

mm thick polycarbonate layer.

Data is sandwiched b/w

two polycarbonate layers,
each 0.6 mm thick.

Hard coating is placed outside

to protect from scratches or
fingerprints.

No such hard coating is

placed.

Blu-ray players use a blue

laser at 405nm wavelengths to
read the stored information.

DVD players use a red

laser at 650nm wave
length to read DVD discs.

Blu-ray was designed for high

definition 1080 display.

Almost all DVDs have a

standard definition
resolution of 480.

Comparison

CHARACTERISTIC
S OF
BLU-RAY
Disc
Life Span
Content Protection
Cost
Capacity

Durability

Life Span
Blu-ray disc have larger life span than
any ordinary disc any where between
10 to (unlikely) 250 years.
Blu-ray recordable media is a
combination of a layer of silicon and
copper which is merged together
during the burning process, this
mixture is much more resistant to the
harmful conditions .

Content
Protection
Strongest content and copy protection
schemes ever developed
DRM is the copyright protection
scheme the media industry uses to
prevent piracy.

Durability
Various hard coating technologies make
Blu-ray disc most durable and family friendly.
Hard-coating technology provides resistance
to:
- Finger prints
- Marks
- Scratches
- Dust
Much more ROBUST than todays
polycarbonate-based CD/DVDs

Ongoing
Development
SONY launched latest 200 GB Blu-ray
disc.
JVC has developed a three-layer
technology that allows putting both
standard-definition DVD data and HD
data on a BD.

Conclusion
Blu-ray is expected to replace VCRs
and DVD recorders over the coming
years, with the transition to HDTV.

Thank You .