Blu Ray Drive

In the present day, the blu ray discs are the latest upheaval in technical know-how. This new optical disc format is a proud development of the Blu Ray Disc Association (BDA) that include HP,

Dell, LG, Hitachi, Apple, Samsung, Panasonic, JVC, Sony, Mitsubishi, Philips, Pioneer, Sharp, Thomson, and TDK which includes TDK, Thomson, Sharp, Pioneer, Philips, Mitsubishi, Sony, JVC, Panasonic, Samsung, Apple, Hitachi, LG, Dell, and HP. The BDA boasts 180 of the world's leading consumer electronics, media and personal computer manufacturers.

HD DVDs and Blue Ray DVDs were in fierce competition some time back over which would become the successor of the DVD. Now that the blu ray disc would have won this battle, the focus is now on the blu ray drive that support the ability to read and write the data on blu ray disks. The blu ray technology, as the name suggests, uses a blue-violet laser to read and write data unlike the current technology which uses red laser. A blue-violet laser (405nm) has a far shorter wavelength than a red laser (650nm) making it feasible to focus the laser spot with superior precision. The plus point of this is that it allows data to be recorded in less space as the data can be stored compactly which gives the users to squeeze in more data on the disc though the size of the disc is akin to that of a CD/DVD. One single-layer High Definition DVD disc holds only 15 GB whilst single-layer blu ray disc can hold 25 GB which is over 2 hours of HD video and thirteen hours of normal video.A dual-layer HD-DVD can hold up to 30 GB whereas dual-layer blue ray DVDs can store 54 GB which is 4.5hours of high-definition video and more than 20hours of a standard video.

The Blu ray drive is undoubtedly more popular than other standard drives. Blu ray drives that can read blu ray discs as well as burn DVDs are about three times the price of standard DVD burner. And, if you want blu ray drives that will burn the blu ray media, the price increases ten times more.

Many online shopping websites are available for you to choose your blu ray drive. A little research will enable you to find good bargain for your money. Some of the many manufactures of blu ray drives include BenQ, HP, LG, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung and Sony. Although it is not compulsory, the BDA blu ray drive manufacturing to allow backward compatibility -reading standard DVDs and CDs in addition to blu ray discs.