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 Posted by Edmund on 12/12/06 12:40 
In message <1165911637.160251.123370@j44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, "kushu" 
wrote: 
> The name Blu-ray is derived from the blue-violet laser it uses to read 
> and write to the chalcogenide disc. A Blu-ray Disc can store 
> substantially more data than a DVD, because of the shorter wavelength 
> (405 nm) of the blue-violet laser (DVDs use a 650-nm-wavelength red 
> laser and CDs an infrared 780 nm laser), which allows more information 
> to be stored digitally in the same amount of space. In comparison to HD 
> DVD, which also uses a blue laser, Blu-ray has more information 
> capacity per layer (25 gigabytes instead of 15).. 
> for more on this revolutionary technology: 
> http://askwiki.blogspot.com/2006/09/blu-ray-disc-bd-is-next-generation.html 
>  
> Enjoy ! 
 
Yeay right, it is so nice for costumers to have a new 
bunch of incompatible players and disks. 
If I have to make my choice, I will take something  
with the least influence from the virus company sony.
 
  
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