A new generation of laser discs, to 50 GB

Universal Music Group is the latest of the major companies that support new disc format Sony - "Blu-ray", writes Wired. Drives the next generation will look like as well as regular DVD, but the amount of information it can hold, is sometimes greater than those previously suschestsvovavshie formats. The volume of a regular DVD at 4.7 GB when the new Blu-ray to be able to store 50 GB - volume, it is comparable to the PC memory. Video playback will also be several orders of magnitude higher than store high-resolution video will be now easier. Scientists estimate that the disc has two and a half hour movie, reproducible high resolution be placed. The idea is that the technology have to add a splash in the market make for a TV series and shows how on a single disc can store a large number of series and episodes. Which is used by the transmitter, the drive can store 13 hours audio and video. Burn a new type of media used is fundamentally different than in the past, the technology - the so-called blue laser (before recording and playback over a red). It allows smaller post information on the media. The only competitor of the new format is HD DVD - they can to up to 30 GB of information, but which are used to take at home can keep up to 15 GB. Potentially with the new Sony product between the two formats can be a war - as a product it is important to encourage the support of the largest number of studios and producers win. Among those Blu-ray support - 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures and Walt Disney Pictures. HD-DVD are Paramount, Universal and Warner Bros., Sony has released the first recorder and player for Novgorod format and plans for the next year's worth of production of "writing" CD-ROM for PCs. For a quick introduction of the format, manufacturers, including LG, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung and Sony will produce players, compatible with standard DVD and CD are. The price of recorders for the new format for the first time can be quite high - it is assumed that the CD-ROMs will cost about $ 500, and the price from the recorder can write TV shows, will be $ 1,500. Own Blu-ray discs will cost slightly more than $ 20 a piece. The price of Blu-ray players will not be strongly disagree with the prices of standard DVD.