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What is a Blu-ray disc?
A Blu-ray disc is an optical disc storage medium used for high-definition video, PlayStation 3 games and data storage. The Blu-ray has the same physical dimensions as a CD or DVD but has greater storage capacity.
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What is the capacity of a Blu-ray disc?
Blu-ray discs come in two sizes a single-layer disc can hold 25GB and a dual-layer disc can hold 50GB.
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What Blu-ray formats do you offer?
We offer BD-R which are recordable and are available as a single layer (25 GB) or dual layer (50 GB) disc and BD-RE rewritable single layer (25 GB) or dual layer (50 GB) disc.
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How much video can you fit on a Blu-ray disc?
Over 9 hours of high-definition (HD) video on a 50GB disc. About 23 hours of standard-definition (SD) video on a 50GB disc.
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Which video codecs does Blu-ray Disc support?
MPEG-2 - enhanced for HD, also used for playback of DVDs and HDTV recordings.
MPEG-4 AVC - part of the MPEG-4 standard also known as H.264 (High Profile and Main Profile).
SMPTE VC-1 - standard based on Microsoft's Windows Media Video (WMV) technology.
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What audio codecs will Blu-ray support?
Linear PCM (LPCM) - up to 8 channels of uncompressed audio. (mandatory)
Dolby Digital (DD) - format used for DVDs, 5.1-channel surround sound. (mandatory)
Dolby Digital Plus (DD+) - extension of Dolby Digital, 7.1-channel surround sound. (optional)
Dolby TrueHD - lossless encoding of up to 8 channels of audio. (optional)
DTS Digital Surround - format used for DVDs, 5.1-channel surround sound. (mandatory)
DTS-HD High Resolution Audio - extension of DTS, 7.1-channel surround sound. (optional)
DTS-HD Master Audio - lossless encoding of up to 8 channels of audio. (optional)
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How do I supply content/master?
Duplication (Short Run Less Than 500) |
Replication (1000+) |
BD-R in HD |
BDCMF file |
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