BLU-RAY DISC

By : M. V. Rama Krishna Kumar Reddy.

Auroras Technological Research Institute

Contents:
What is Blu-ray? II. Why the name Blu? III. History IV. Types of BD V. Blu- ray Technology VI. Specifications VII. DVD Vs Blu-ray Disc VIII.Features of BD IX. Companies involved
I.

What is Blu ray?

It is the name of a next-generation optical

disc format jointly developed by the Blu ray Disc Association (BDA).
The format was developed to enable

recording, rewriting and playback of highdefinition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data.

Why the name Blu ?

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.

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. -Wavelength of laser which reads data: 405 nm -Color of laser: Blue-violet which was developed by SHUJI NAKAMURA at NICHIA CORPORATION

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 25/27 GB 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.

The Blu-ray Technology

Pits : spiral grooves that run from the centre of the disc to its edges Bumps : other sides of these edges. Track pitch : it is the distance between the two tracks (of pits) on the surface. -------------------------------Disc store digitally encoded data in PITS.

The Blu-ray Technology:

So, in blu-ray disc: Pit size 0.15 microns ( more than twice
the pits on DVD )

as small as

Track-pitch is : 0.32 microns Laser needed : blue-violet laser (405 nm) Data transfer rate : 36 Mbps

Recording capacity Laser Wavelength Lens numerical aperture NA

23.3/25/27GB single 50GB - Double layer 405nm (blue-violet laser) 0.85

Data Transfer rate Disc diameter , Thickness Protection layer Tracking Pitch Shortest pit length Recording phase density Video recording format Audio recording format Cartridge dimension

36 Mbps 120mm , 1.2 mm 1 mm 0.32um 0.16//0.149/0.138 um 16.8/18.0/19.5 G bit/ inch MPEG2 , MPEG4 AC3,MPEG1,Layer2, etc. Apporx. 129x131x7um

COMPARISON IN BUILDING BD AND DVD

BD
Data is

DVD

placed on top of a Data is sandwiched b/w 1.1 mm thick two polycarbonate layers, polycarbonate layer each 0.6 mm thick
Suffer from

Doesnt suffer from

BIREFRINGENCE
Doesnt suffer from

BIREFRINGENCE
Suffer from DISC TILT No such hard coating is

DISC TILT Hard coating is placed outside to protect from scratches or fingerprints

placed

BLU RAY S DURABILITY ADVANTAGE

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 (and HD DVDs

FEATURES OF BD
With BD we can: Record HDTV without any quality loss Instantly skip to any spot on disc Record one program while watching other on the disc Create playlists Edit or reorder programs recorded on disc Automatically search for an empty space on the disc to avoid recording over a program Access to web to download subtitles and other extra features And many more

BLU-RAYS DENSITY ADVANTAGE

Higher density

enables better data seek times Shorter to travel for same amount of data results in faster data seek Better for random access of data

ON GUARD:
Blu-ray discs are better armed than current

DVDs.
They come equipped with a secure encryption

system a unique ID that protects against video piracy and copyright infringement.

Companies involved :
Hitachi Ltd.
LG Electronics Inc. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.

Pioneer Corporation.
Royal Philips Electronics. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd..

Sharp Corporation.
Sony Corporation. Thomson Multimedia.

DO MORE WITH BLU

More capacity, Density and Performance
More Industry Support/Consumer Reach

(BDA has 140+ members) More Durable More Interactive User Experience More Flexible Content Protection: AAC, BD+ Renewability Technology and ROM Mark

Thank You
one & all