The Blu-Ray Disc Technology - An Optical Storage Medium

As technology becomes more advanced, the demand for compact disc units with a higher quality becomes greater. The thrust for an advanced format of data storage on optical disc led to revolutionary introduction of BLU-RAY DISC. Blu-ray Disc (BD) is name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of leading consumer electronics and PC companies. The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of High-Definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data.