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Advantages of Blu-Ray Over DVDs
Today we will be looking into the advantages of Blu-Ray technology in comparison to their predecessor the DVD. You may be looking this over to find out if there are any advantages to Blu-Ray over the typical DVD, and I am here to tell you that there certainly are. I am also here to share the differences between the two technologies.
Firstly, and this is quite obvious, Blu-Ray is newer and not everyone owns one. The DVD has grown to be the most trusted method of movie/TV watching since its release in 1993 and its re-release in 1997, although there are few consumers that, while they have bought a DVD system, are still clinging to the classics not remastered onto DVD.
Another distinct advantage that Blu-Ray has over DVD is that it holds almost four times as much data as a regular DVD disc. The DVD has a memory capacity of 4.7GB(Gigabyte), whereas the Blu-Ray disc holds 27GB, which is a clear advantage even if you don’t understand just how much 27GBs is.
Next let’s look at the quality of the video you will receive from Blu-Ray in comparison a DVD, shall we?
The DVD offers standard definition quality of video viewing, which is what every American is used to at this point. The Blu-Ray disc offers full HD (high definition) viewing, and to those that have never experienced a Blu-Ray player for themselves, it will be quite a bit different for them.
An advantage to the Blu-Ray technology is that you don’t have to get rid of all of your DVDs like you may have had to do when you converted from VHS to DVD. The Blu-Ray player was made to be compatible with DVDs, and even enhances the standard definition quality of the discs themselves. This feature is called “backward-compatibility.”
I would have to say that the biggest turn-off for this new technology for a lot of buyers is the price of the technology itself, not to mention the Blu-Ray discs. What I would recommend for anyone that is turned-off by the price tag is that you find a friend (everyone has a friend with a Blu-Ray player) that has already purchased Blu-Ray and ask for their feedback on it–and maybe you can even sit down and see for yourself why everyone is buying up this relatively new technology.
As you can see, the only real advantages–and very, very good ones at that–this technology has over DVD is that it is viewed in full HDTV, both audio and sound. That, my friend, makes all the difference for most people. Trust me on this: if you get one you won’t ever want to go back.
In conclusion, I’d like to ask this simple question: with superb video and audio quality (both being in HDTV), how can one go wrong with purchasing one of these machines?
That is all I have to offer you, but I hope that it was just what you needed to convince yourself to go out and grab up a Blu-Ray player.
