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What is Blu-Ray ?

Blu-ray Disc (BD) is the ultimate way to enjoy full-length movies with the best possible High Definition pictures, sparkling digital multi-channel sound and loads of interactive extras.

And that’s just the starting point. Blu-ray Disc is the next generation of high-capacity optical disc that’s been designed to store High Definition digital video, sound, pictures, games, PC files and just about anything you want.

Everything that DVD can do, Blu-Ray can do. And much much more

What is Blu-ray Disc?

Blu-ray Disc is a high-density optical storage medium that offers more than five times the digital storage capacity of DVD. And just like DVD, it can store and record all sorts of digital data.

What can I do with Blu-ray Disc?

High Definition movies with surround sound. Music. Games. Video clips. PC files. You name it – Blu-ray Disc has got the space to record and store all your digital stuff with Full HD picture quality and surround sound.

The ultimate picture quality

Remember the first time you saw how DVD pictures looked fantastic compared with ordinary television transmissions? That’s because DVD uses a higher bit-rate than conventional TV broadcasts, and more digital information means better picture and sound quality.

It’s the same story with Blu-ray Disc. Recording and playing back digital data at an extraordinary 40 Mbps (megabits per second), BD can effortlessly display Full HD images at 1920x1080 line resolution with progressive scanning: and that means better picture quality than any HDTV transmission. With the option of 24 frame output, customers have the possibility to enjoy movies exactly as they would in the cinema.

What about surround sound?

As well as amazing HD pictures, Blu-ray Disc can store up to 7.1 channels of digital surround sound for the ultimate multimedia entertainment experience in your living room.

What can I watch on Blu-ray Disc?

Blu-ray Disc already has the backing of seven out of eight leading Hollywood studios. You’ll soon be able to enjoy a growing range of film entertainment with unsurpassed Full HD pictures and cinema-quality multi-channel sound.

What Sony Blu-ray Disc products can I buy?

You can already experience the awesome power of Blu-ray Disc with the AR & RC Series of performance-oriented VAIO Blu-ray Disc notebook PCs. If you’ve got a desktop PC you can install an internal Sony Blu-ray Disc writer.

Naturally there’s a full range of Blu-ray Disc media from Sony. Choose recordable discs – available in 25 GB and 50 GB capacity versions – or rewritable 25GB media.

What about Blu-ray Disc and PlayStation?

PlayStation 3 features a BD-ROM Blu-ray Disc drive so you’ll be able to enjoy Full HD movies as well as the latest games.

Can I still use my DVD and CD collection?

Most Blu-ray Disc players can read all your DVDs and CDs. So there’s no need to throw away your collection of movies and music on disc when you move up to the amazing entertainment experience that only Blu-ray Disc delivers.

Reading and writing
The choice is yours. Buy movies, games and other content on pre-recorded Blu-ray Disc. Make your own recordings on BD-R discs that you can enjoy over and over again. Or re-record over and over again on BD-RE discs.

What about copying movies?

Advanced copyright protection prevents illegal piracy of movies, games and other content recorded on Blu-ray Disc.

What can I expect in the near future?

Remember how DVD introduced you to interactive menus for the first time? Blu-ray Disc will take you a step further with support for loads of interactive features. With a broadband Internet connection you can take your enjoyment of Blu-ray Disc into another dimension.

Who’s behind Blu-ray Disc?

More than 170 leading names in consumer electronics, computing, video games, recording media, music and movies are already backing Blu-ray Disc technology – so you’re in very good company.

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