About Blu-ray
Today's optical secures tomorrow's access
Blu-ray is the state-of-the-art optical disc format for the 21st century.
It stores up to 10 times more data, movies, music or HD videos on a disc the
same size as a DVD and fits perfectly into a wide range of archiving needs such
as CCTV footage, medical documentation, financial records, video productions
etc.
The format has gained wide acceptance from consumer electronic manufacturers, the
IT industry and the entertainment business in the shape of the open industrial
Blu-ray Association,
currently comprising around 200 manufacturers from all business fields. This
ensures a competitive market for this long-life, economically priced media. Some
of the key members of the Association are:
Superior technology - safer media Blu-ray
discs are safer than CD or DVD! The hard coated surface is scratch resistant,
liquid repellent and can stand high temperatures, making them far easier to
handle - the perfect solution to archive your valuable data! Switch now to the
most reliable and efficient long-life archiving technology to guarantee
tomorrow's data availability without worrying about tape failures or head
crashes on your existing backup systems.
Key facts
- Optical disc format for high density data storage and
HD video
- Highly durable media is scratch resistant with no
adherence of dust or contamination, liquid repellent and high temperature and
humidity resistant
- Identical physical format and handling to CD/DVD media
- Hard coating protects against damage from humidity,
scratches, fingerprints and dust
- Blu-ray drives are PC-type
- Read/write compatible with CD/DVD technology
- Fast transfer rate (read/write)
- Formats: BD-R (write once), BD-RE (record/erase multiple),
BD-ROM (read only)
- Standardized, platform independent file system, UDF
- Defect management and advanced error correction
- Long term technology support through all major hardware
suppliers
Specifications
| Media |
BD-R |
BD-RE |
| Capacity |
25 GB |
50 GB |
25 GB |
50 GB |
| Layers |
Single |
Double |
Single |
Double |
| Type |
Write-once |
Rewritable |
| Rewriters |
- |
>1000 |
| Disc diameter |
120 mm |
| Disc thickness |
1.2 mm |
| Laser wavelength |
405 nm |
| Recording speed |
4x ( ~ 144 Mbit/s) |
| Hard coating |
DurabisTM or Scratch GuardTM |
Future generations of Blu-ray media will hold up to 200 GB on 8 layers, while BD
drives will be 4 times faster than today, with a recording speed of up to 288
Mbit/s. The future will see increasing market share of Blu-ray media. In
addition the biggest film studios worldwide clearly chose Blu-ray as the
technology of the future.
Blu is green!
Increased storage requirements will require increased cooling, maintenance and
handling, leading to unnecessary demands on the environment. Optical data
storage with its environmentally friendly operating requirements reduces your
carbon footprint and Blu-ray, with its increased capacity and durability further
improves performance through smaller libraries to ensure it is the most
ecological and economical storage solution.