Maxell BDF120.1P.Maxell has announced its own Blu-Ray disc A Blu-ray Disc (also called BD) is a high-density optical disc format for the storage of digital information, including high-definition video. Overview The name Blu-ray Disc is derived from the blue-violet laser used to read and write this type of disc. , with the secret agent name of BDF BDF Beiersdorf (German pharmaceutic enterprise) BDF Bitmap Distribution Format (font format) BDF Banque de France BDF Backward Differentiation Formula BDF Business Development Fund 120.1P. The disc, like Sony's recent effort, conforms to version 1.0 of the new Blu-Ray format, allowing for a 23GB capacity on one disc. That's 120 minutes of digital hi-vision recording, folks, or three times that (360 minutes, or 6 hours' worth, for the mathematically challenged) and up to 12 hours of recording in Long Play mode. Blu-Ray has a 36mbps transfer speed, which is five times faster than DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , making it far superior. To recap, Blu-Ray is a rewriteable DVD format See VOB and DVD. launched by a conglomerate of nine consumer electronics companies as the optimum format to record high definition broadcasts. The Blu-Ray format uses a blue-violet, rather than red, laser and, thanks to the shorter wavelength, can pack over five times the amount of info of a regular DVD into a single disc. It is, whatever anyone else says, intended to replace VCRs and DVD players A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it may be able to play DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD players are cabled to a TV or home theater system for display. in the future. How long it'll take, on the other hand, is anyone's guess. More info: www.maxell.co.jp/company/ news/2003/030703.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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