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History of Blu-ray Technology and Blu-ray DVDs

Blu-ray disc is an optical disc storage device. It has a huge storage capacity of up to six DVDs combined and usually used for storing video, computer games and other forms of data. Blu-ray names from the blu violet laser. It to read the content stored in the disc.

The need to provide an inexpensive device to play high definition content base of blu-ray dvds were developed. A project named ‘DVR blu’ was started whose focus was the development of rewritable discs after the development of the blu laser diode and than remodeled to become ‘Blu-ray‘ discs. For video recording, this product lacked standardization and the major movie companies would not accept it.

Researchers eventually developed of the blu-ray standardization, coating polymer and Blu-ray-Read Only Memory (ROM) discs were finalized. Modifications made on the discs greatly improved their storage capacity up to 50 GB dual layer disc. The Blu-ray disc was to be used on personal computers.

High Definition (HD) DVDs is stiff competition for blu-ray dvds. The Blu-ray discs seem expensive and cumbersome after the HD DVDs had a more effective marketing strategy. With the development of the third generation play station, they got a respite because it also functioned as Blu-ray disc player. However, blu-ray discs outsold HD DVDs when mainly youngsters but also the general public purchased the PS3 for entertainment.

The manufacturer of HD DVD stopped the production of this product after major movie houses to start using Blu-ray discs. So, this affected the operations of the manufacturers of the HD DVDs and was followed by a decision among major retailers to stop stocking HD DVDs.

The proponents of the Blu-ray discs employed many observers credit the development of the third generation play station together with the superior marketing techniques as the trigger fall of the HD DVDs and precipitated the sudden rise of the blu-ray dvds.