A TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON:-

Blu-Ray disc
Submitted By: Name:Debasis Kundu Branch:Etc B Regd No.:0801289195

CONTENTS
Introduction Characteristics of Blu-ray disc Specification of Blu-ray disc Comparision of storage technologies Applications

Conclusion
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INTRODUCTION
Blu-ray (BD) is a next-generation optical disc format. The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data. The name Blu-ray is derived from the blue-violet laser it uses to read and write to the disc. The e was intentionally left out of the name due to trademark restrictions
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(Contd)
The companies that have jointly established the BD specifications are:
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd Sony Thomson Pioneer Corporation Royal Phillips Electronics Sharp Corporation Dell HP Panasonic 20th century FOX

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Hitachi, Ltd LG Electronics TDX Mitsubishi Electric Corporarion

CHARACTERISTICS OF BLU-RAY
Life Span Content Protection Cost Capacity Robustness of disc Compatible

Life Span
In the case of ordinary discs, the disc life is less . In the rewritable versions, as re-writing is done repeatedly to one area of the disc most probably, the inner perimeter limiting the disc life. BDFS (Blu-ray Disc File Structure is designed so as to avoid this problem, by using a system that uses free disc spaces with equal frequency

Content Protection
Strongest content and copy protection schemes ever developed Incorporation of Robust copy mechanism

Cost
Long term Profitability model for content Providers Cheapest Production cost
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Capacity
The Blu-ray disc enables the recording, rewriting and playback of HD video up to 27 GB of data on a single sided single layer. It is enough to put 2.5 hours of HDTV recording on it. It also can record over 13 hours of standard TV broadcasting

Robustness of Disc
Stronger resistance to scratches and fingerprints The protective layer is hard enough to prevent accidental abrasions and allows fingerprints to be removed by wiping the disc with a tissue.

Compatible
The BD drives are designed to be backward compatible, i.e. CDs and DVDs work equally well with the BD drives.
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Video/Audio Codecs
CODECS *For video, ISO MPEG-2,H.264/AVC, and SMPTE VC-1 are player-mandatory. *MPEG-2 video allows decoder backward compatibility for DVDs.

*For audio , ISO (linear PCM 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS 5.1.).
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Principal BD Specifications
Capacity

Wave length of the laser

23.3 25 27GB (single layer) 405nm

Numerical Aperture of the 0.85 objective lens Data transfer rate 36Mbps Thickness of the disc 1.2mm Diameter of the center hole 15mm

Recording method Data track Visual data

Phase change Groove recording MPEG-2 video

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Blu-ray disc and CDs /DVDs

1 DVD = 5 to 10 CDs 1 Blu-ray = 5 to 10 DVDs !!!!!! Usage of a blue instead of a red laser Improved lens specifications Backward compatibility

(Comparison Between Blu-ray n others)

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Comparison of CD,DVD and B D specification

Parameter CD Disk diameter 120 mm Disk thickness 1.2 mm Laser wavelength 780 nm Numerical aperture 0.45 Minimum pit length 0.83 um Data rate 1.2 Mb/sec Number of sides one Number of data layers One Data capacity ~680 MB DVD 120 mm 1.2 mm 650 nm 0.60 0.4 um 11 Mb/sec --------4.7 GB (1L) 8.5 GB (2L) BD . 120 mm 1.2 mm 405 nm 0.85 0.138 um 36 Mb/sec one or two One or two 25 GB(1L) 50 GB (1L)

1 7 GB (2L/2S)
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Blu-ray Disc Applications

High definition television recording High definition video distribution High definition camcorder archiving Mass data storage

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Advantages and Disadvantages of BD:

Advantages:
It has very high storage capacity ranging from 25GB to 50GB. It offers HD video which has incredibly sharp picture & vivid colours. Good life span. Backward compatibilty

Disadvantages:
The disadvantage being the cost of BD.Its cost is around $26.Also the cost of player is very high around $1000.
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Conclusion Due to high storage capacity and the ability to store HD videos,BDs are getting very much popular in todays market.Days are not far when BDs will replace CDs and DVDs and will be the primary choice for storage device for everyone.
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