Interesting Facts.ppt

Interesting Facts By Jeremy Boecker Post-DVD Technology Blu-Ray Discs (BD) HD-DVD HVD Comparing Blu-Ray HD-DVD Both use Blue Laser technology (λ=405nm) Both have the same physical dimensions of a CD / DVD Quad-Layer technology - 200GB/disc! HVD Holographic technology Can store 1TB to 3.9TB of data per disc! 1 Gbit/sec transfer rate The Super Audio CD (SA-CD) Uses DVD storage technology Music sampled at 64x more samples/sec than regular PCM sampling Why the rainbow colors on CDs? Constructive / destructive interference of the white light DTS vs. Dolby Digital DD uses many sophisticated data compression algorithms DTS does not Typical DD Data Rate: 448kbps Typical DTS Data Rate: 754kbps Dolby Digital is better Random Cool Facts CD’s are dishwasher safe Dual-layer skip References /dvd-comp3.htm /news/The-chronicles-of-a-futile-battle-Blu-Ray-vs-HD-DVD-631.shtml http://www.optware.co.jp/english/index_tech.htm * * Lower storage capacity More expensive to produce; hasnt been able to support more advanced video compression codecs such as MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC Disadvantages Same disc structure as todays DVDs means cheaper production costs Greater recording and playback capacity, more interactivity Advantages Approximately 10 percent more than todays DVDs About $10 more than todays DVDs Cost ? ? Double layer - 32 GB Double layer - 54 GB Single layer - 20 GB Single layer - 27 GB Rewritable: Rewritable: ? ? Double layer - 30 GB Double layer - 50 GB Single layer - 15 GB Single layer - 25 GB Read-only: Read-only: Storage Capacity New Line, Paramount, Universal, Warner Bros. Columbia TriStar, Disney, MGM Movie Studio Support Toshiba, NEC, Sanyo, Memory-Tech, the DVD Forum Sony, Philips, JVC, Pioneer, Panasonic, HP, Dell, Hitachi, Samsung, TDK Backers HD-DVD Blu-ray ? Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD *