1. Mark Hayden Jillian Cheng Thomas Prag Isaac Kwon Benjamin Parr

2.  Newest optical disk format  BDA: a group of the world’s leading consumer electronics, personal computers and media manufacture  Developed & designed to enable recording, rewriting, and playback of HD videos  5 times the storage capacity of DVDs  Uses a blue-violet laser instead of red  Same dimensions as a DVD or CD  Hard-coating technology  Durabis

3.  1980s  Introduction of CD’s with 650MB’s of storage capacity  1990s  Introduction of DVD’s with 10x increased capacity  High Definition (HD) experience  Competition between Sony and Toshiba began  Sony  Blu-Ray Disks (25G Storage space)  Toshiba  HD-DVD (15G Storage Space)  February 2008  Toshiba announces that they would no longer manufacture HD-DVD players or drives  Now, Blu-Ray is the new generation of HD technology

5.  Higher capacity on a single disc ◦ Dual layer  50 GB; 10 layers  250 GB ◦ High Definition video (and more)  HD = 1080 vs. SD = 480  Interactive features for Blu-Ray disc players ◦ Java coded menus vs. pre-rendered MPEG menus ◦ Connect to Internet

6.  Price ◦ Most Blu-Ray players cost $200-400 at best ◦ In comparison, HD-DVD players sold for $100 and several DVD players are under $100 ◦ Only really worth it for HDTV  Profile Confusion ◦ Older Blu-Ray player models (1.0, 1.1) can’t handle certain special features that come on discs ◦ Not the case with HD-DVD

8.  Facts ◦ Blu-ray disks are superior to HD-DVDs ◦ Blu-ray disks are much more expensive than regular DVDs ◦ Quality of picture depends on disk, player, and TV  Conclusion ◦ It’s still too expensive to convert to Blu-ray for the average consumer ◦ Increase in quality is not worth the increase in price ◦ Blu-ray disks will eventually take over DVDs