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The Sony BDP-S1 is a first generation Blu-ray Disc (BD) player and is the first such player released in North America. It was originally scheduled for release in the United States on August 18, 2006 with a MSRP of $999.95. Sony had postponed the release date of this player several times and it was released on December 4, 2006.
Most Blu-ray Disc players are capable of reading both CDs and DVDs; however, a few of the early Blu-ray Disc players released in 2006, such as the Sony BDP-S1, could play DVDs but not CDs. [ 237 ] [ 238 ] [ 239 ] In addition, with the exception of some early models from LG and Samsung , Blu-ray players cannot play HD DVDs , and HD DVD players ...
The first 50 GB dual-layer Blu-ray Disc release was the movie Click, which was released on October 10, 2006. As of July 2008, over 95% of Blu-ray movies/games are published on 50 GB dual layer discs with the remainder on 25 GB discs. [10] 85% of HD DVD movies are published on 30 GB dual layer discs, with the remainder on 15 GB discs. [11] [12]
The third generation optical disc was developed in 2000–2006 and was introduced as Blu-ray Disc. First movies on Blu-ray Discs were released in June 2006. [28] Blu-ray eventually prevailed in a high definition optical disc format war over a competing format, the HD DVD. A standard Blu-ray disc can hold about 25 GB of data, a DVD about 4.7 GB ...
A single-layer Blu-ray disc (BD-R and BD-RE) has a capacity of 25,025,314,816 bytes, which are 23,866 MiB. A dual-layer Blu-ray disc (BD-R DL and BD-RE DL) has 50,050,629,632 bytes, which are 47,732 MiB. This is exactly twice the capacity, unlike dual-layer DVDs, which only have less than twice the capacity as single-layer DVDs. [24]
M-DISC's design is intended to provide archival media longevity. [3] [4] M-Disc claims that properly stored M-DISC DVD recordings will last up to 1000 years. [5]The M-DISC DVD looks like a standard disc, except it is almost transparent with later DVD and BD-R M-Disks having standard and inkjet printable labels.
This list includes both CD, DVD and Blu-ray recordable and rewritable media manufacturers (like Ritek), and disc replicators (companies that replicate discs with pre-recorded content, like Sony DADC).
Blu-ray Disc authoring; Blu-ray Disc; Blu-ray Disc Association; Blu-ray Disc recordable; Blu-ray Region Code; CBHD Based on HD DVD format. Comparison of high definition optical disc formats; Digital rights management; HD DVD; HD NVD; High definition optical disc format war; Optical disc; PlayStation 3; PlayStation 4; Xbox One