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Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released worldwide on June 20, 2006, capable of storing several hours of high-definition video (HDTV 720p and 1080p).
Ultra HD Blu-ray (4K Ultra HD, UHD-BD, or 4K Blu-ray) [2] [3] is a digital optical disc data storage format that is an enhanced variant of Blu-ray. [4] Ultra HD Blu-ray supports 4K UHD (3840 × 2160 pixel resolution) video at frame rates up to 60 progressive frames per second, [ 4 ] encoded using High-Efficiency Video Coding . [ 4 ]
On 16 March 2006 Sony announced a Blu-ray Disc player, the first VAIO desktop PC with a Blu-ray Disc recorder, and a Blu-ray Disc internal PC drive would be released in the summer of 2006. The VAIO PC would be shipped with a free 25 GB Blank BD-RE (rewritable) Blu-ray Disc worth $25 USD. [17]
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.
Though the Blu-ray Disc group did add mandatory managed copy to Blu-ray, they did not add HDi. [25] HD DVD players and movies were released in the United States on April 18, 2006. [26] The first Blu-ray Disc titles were released on June 20, 2006, and the first movies using dual layer Blu-ray discs (50 GB) were introduced in October 2006. [27]
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