Most people buy Blu-ray discs for movies, not TV shows.
Blu-ray discs are a great way to quickly and cheaply backup large amounts of data. They offer high capacity, speed, and reliability, making them a great choice for backing up large files or folders. ..
I’ve been doing this for about a year now and it’s worked great. I can watch my videos anywhere I want, even on my phone. The only downside is that the discs are a bit expensive, but I think the benefits are worth it.
The great thing about discs is that they’re reliable storage devices. As long as they don’t get crushed, your data will be safely stored on discs for a very long time. It’s just another way to keep your data backed up in case of hard drive crashes, which still happen more often than you would think. ..
If you have a Xbox One or PS4 console, you can easily burn your movies onto a Blu-ray disc and play them on your HDTV. This is much easier than trying to stream your content from your computer or NAS to your HDTV, which requires a gigabit connection between all your devices. ..
BD-R, BD-RE and BD DL
BD-R discs are write-only and BD-RE are rewriteable. The standard size for these discs are 25 GB and they only have one layer. These cost about $1 per disc.
After a while, people started to see dual layer Blu-ray discs. These discs could hold twice the amount of data as regular discs or 50 GB in this case. These discs are significantly more expensive at more than $2 per disc.
How long does it take to burn a BD-RE DL disc? The average time it takes to burn a BD-RE DL disc is about 10 minutes. However, the speed of your burner and the size of the disc can affect this time.
BD-XL TL, BD-XL QL, and BD-XL DS TL
Now let’s get to the newer stuff where the really big sizes start to come in. In 2010, BD-XL discs were announced and they come in two flavors: triple layer (TL) and quadruple layer (QL). A BD-XL TL disc can hold up to 100 GB of data and a BD-XL QL disc maxes out at 128 GB. ..
The BD-XL TL discs are much larger than the BD-R discs. They start at $10 per disc, and I can’t find a place that sells them. It seems like the 100 GB discs are the most popular when talking about BD-XL.
The Blu-ray Disc Association has approved a new specification called BD-XL DS (double-sided) TL that supports up to 200 GB of storage. This will be cost-effective for commercial uses like data centers, cloud computing, and more. ..
For consumers, the most you can get with Blu-ray is a BD-XL burner and a BD-XL disc, which can store up to 100 GB. That’s still a lot of data on one disc! ..
Ultra HD 4K BD-ROM
The Blu-ray Disc Association announced at the end of 2015 that a new 4K Blu-ray disc format will support Ultra HD 4K video up to 60 frames per second. If you haven’t heard about UHD yet, Google it.
4K TVs are becoming more and more popular, but some people are still holding off until they can get their hands on a 4K UDH TV. This is because the new 4K TVs will support high dynamic range, which will allow them to show more colors, more details, and better highlights.
4K with high dynamic range is said to make a significant difference over 1080p, whereas a lot of people say that it’s hard to see the difference between a current 4K set and 1080p, especially on TVs less than 65 inches in size. ..
In order to enjoy this resolution, you’ll need a 4K TV with high dynamic range, a native 4K Blu-ray player coming in 2016 and the new 4K UDH Blu-ray discs.
There are currently 4K Blu-ray players on the market, but they are not native 4K, meaning that they simply take a 1080p signal and upscale it to 4K. A native 4K player will set you back at least $400 to $600 in 2016, but will offer true 4K resolution (as long as you buy the new 4K Blu-ray UHD discs too).
Blu-ray is a new optical disc format that is gaining in popularity. It is used for movies and TV shows, as well as for computer drives that have Blu-ray disc drives. If you have any questions about Blu-ray technology, feel free to comment. ..
