Sunday, June 25, 2006

Blu-Ray Technology - Part IX






























ParametersBlu-rayHD-DVD
Storage capacity
25GB (single-layer)

50GB (dual-layer)

4.7GB (single-layer)

8.5GB (dual-layer)

Laser wavelength 405nm (blue laser) 650nm (red laser)
Numerical aperture (NA) 0.85m0.60
Disc diameter120mm120mm
Disc thickness1.2mm1.2mm
Protection layer0.1mm

0.6mm
Hard coatingYesNO
Track pitch0.32µm0.74µm
Data transfer rate (data)36.0Mbps (1x)11.08Mbps (1x)
Data transfer rate (video/audio)54.0Mbps (1.5x)10.08Mbps (<1x)
Video resolution (max)1920×1080 (1080p)

720×480/720×576 (480i/576i)
Video bit rate (max)40.0Mbps9.8Mbps
Video codecs MPEG-2

MPEG-4 AVC

SMPTE VC-1
MPEG-2
Audio codecs
Linear PCM

Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital Plus

Dolby TrueHD

DTS Digital Surround

DTS-HD

Linear PCM

Dolby Digital

DTS Digital Surround
InteractivityBD-JDVD-Video

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