• Why opt for Blu-ray Disc?
    Examples and Applications
  • HDTV
    High Definition Television (HDTV) is expected to replace standard television in the coming years. Compared to the PAL and SECAM formats, HDTV offers up to five times more detail.
  • The common HDTV formats are 720p, 1080i and 1080p. The 1080p format with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels/lines, delivers a picture with a resolution and picture size five times greater than the current PAL format with 720x576 pixels/lines. HDTV offers the viewer more detail. However, as picture quality improves, the amount of storage required to record such a high-resolution television signal without loss of quality also increases.
  • Due to the large amount of television signal data, viewers can only record approximately 20 minutes of programming in HDTV quality on a conventional DVD. The Blu-ray Disc offers viewers sufficient storage capacity to record their favourite TV shows in HDTV quality without any loss of data.
  • Data Storage
    More and more businesses are investing in backup systems capable of storing vast amounts of data. As a result of the ever-increasing amount of legal requirements concerning archiving and retention of business records, data storage and backup solutions are becoming more crucial for businesses.
  • Thanks to the Blu-ray Disc, future data backups can be performed with a throughput of 72 Mbps. In addition to the greater storage capacity (up to ten times greater than conventional DVDs), the Blu-ray Disc together with its high data transfer rates offers a genuine alternative to other types of backup systems.
  • Developers of Video Games
    The next generation video game consoles are based upon HD technology and offer gamers a more intense gaming experience with more vivid visual effects. As a result of HDTV's higher-resolution picture quality, next generation video consoles will also require storage media with greater capacities.
  • SONY's Playstation 3 will be the first video game console to utilise the Blu-ray Disc as a storage medium. Thanks to its higher data transfer rates as well as its greater storage capacity, the Blu-ray Disc is the optimal storage medium for next generation games.
  • Game developers working on games for Playstation 3 require Blu-ray Discs for mastering and authoring. TDK Blu-ray Discs have been included in SONY's list of recommended storage media for the development of Playstation 3 games.
  • Film and TV Studios
    In the future, film and television production companies will work with highresolution HD videos and consequently will require dependable high-capacity storage media with high data transfer rates.
  • The Blu-ray Disc will be deployed here too, and it will be used with professional as well as semi-professional video editing systems. In addition to traditional video editing, the Blu-ray Disc will also be deployed for HD authoring.
  • Film studios will use Blu-ray Discs for their mass production masters. The Blu-ray Disc will be utilised for mastering and authoring purposes.
  • Home Computing
    Beginning in the spring of 2006, the first manufacturers have started offering Blu-ray Disc drives for PCs, thereby enabling their customers to utilise the benefits of the Blu-ray Disc both professionally and privately.
  • Businesses can perform backups using Blu-ray Disc writers, and hobby moviemakers can save their high-resolution holiday video or camcorder footage to Blu-ray Discs. PC functions and home entertainment will increasingly merge.
  • By virtue of its features, such as high storage capacity and high data transfer rates, the Blu-ray Disc offers many application possibilities.
  • HDTV recordings.
  • Data backup/data storage.
  • Next generation video games.
  • Film and TV productions.
  • Home computing applications.
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