Blu Ray Players: Unsurpassed Image Quality

The world of electronics is forever evolving to get just a little better, stronger, more impressive and even more competitive. When it comes to DVDs, technology is working to continually improve the overall experience of movie viewing, recording and even gaming. In fact, while the DVD is clearly a successful and popular medium, it is not considered to be a high-definition format. Although it clearly has better resolution and picture quality than regular cable television and VHS, it still only has 50 percent of the resolution of HDTV (high-definition television).

As a result, HDTV manufacturing companies have worked to enhance DVD quality. By working on the DVI and HDMI output connections on DVD players, these companies have successfully increased pixel counts so that images are more detailed, clearer and have more consistent color schemes. However, although pixel counts have increased, the actual DVD images are still not high-definition images.

Two competing formats of true high-definition DVDs have emerged to counter the compromised definition. Different computer manufacturers and consumer electronic companies back each type of high-definition DVDs currently on the market: the Blu Ray DVD player and the HD DVD player. Both use blue laser technology to produce the best images possible.

 

Where the Blu Ray DVD discs require new facilities for their actual manufacturing, the physical specs of the HD DVDs have strong commonalities with the standard DVD. Consequently, with simpler production and start-up procedures, the HD DVD has lower initial manufacturing costs. Alternately, with higher associated manufacturing costs, Blu Ray technology tends to be the more expensive option on the market.

Blu Ray, also referred to as Blu Ray disc, produces detailed images. Because pictures are stunningly clear, Blu Ray moves the experience of watching movies to a different level. One key advantage of the Blu Ray player is its large storage capacity, which helps it easily accommodate full-featured films, as well as any associated extra features. This is a distinct advantage over the HD DVD players. Although HD DVD has implemented multi-layered discs in addition to their compression technology, they still have less space than Blu Ray DVD players.

Keep in mind that the price of films are at least $5 to $10 more on these special formats than they are on traditional DVD formats. However, as with all evolving technologies, you can expect these prices to drop significantly over time.

As with any high-end technology purchase, do some research and shop around for the best price before sinking money into any device. Currently, the Blu Ray pricing is higher than the HD DVD pricing. In general, while the cost of Blu Ray DVD players ranges from $700 to $1,000, HD DVD players will cost about $500.