Blu-Ray

Before today's digital streaming began, there were Blu-Ray and HD DVDs. These standards are the Toshiba-proposed and DVD format successor High-Definition DVD (HD DVD) and Sony-developed Blu-ray. Format wars Blu-Ray and HD DVDs may share similar looks at first glance, but they are very much different in terms of storage size, bitrate, format support, quality, and other technical specifications. The Blu-ray's double-layer can store more information from 25 to 50GB compared to the HD DVD's standards of 15-30GB. Blu-Ray has a higher bit rate size at 53.0 Mbit/s for raw files, 48.0 Mbit/s for audio, video, and subtitles, and 40 Mbit/s for video alone, which indicates that it can transfer and play audio and video files on high-quality. Blu-Ray also supports more audio formats compared to HD DVD, which delivers a high-fidelity audio experience. Sony is one of those companies and started using Blu-Ray from the PlayStation 3. Blu-Ray also gained much more support from other businesses that in 2018, Toshiba announced that it is abandoning the format and will no longer manufacture HD DVD drives and players. Read more in our articles including "Storage Drives of the Past: Do you still remember them?" and "What happened to Blu-ray and HD DVDs?".