{"id":386,"date":"2010-04-08T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/?p=386"},"modified":"2010-04-08T06:00:52","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T10:00:52","slug":"blu-ray-format-enhancements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/?p=386","title":{"rendered":"Blu-Ray Format Enhancements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blu-raydisc.com\/assets\/Downloadablefile\/BDXL-IH-BD-Release-draft-3-%28mwh%29-16971.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">April 2nd, 2010 Press Release<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blu-raydisc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blu-Ray Disc Association<\/a> has released details about the new Blu-Ray formats that will be released this year.<\/p>\n<p>There will be two different format enhancements, BDXL and IH-BD, both of which will add additional features to the Blu-Ray format.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>BDXL<\/strong> discs will either include one to two additional layers, resulting in a 100GB to 128GB capacity, or will be rewritable at 100GB. This format is primarily for professionals that require &#8220;a compact, stable and long term solution for archiving large amounts of sensitive data, video and graphic images&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the <strong>Intra-Hybrid Blu-ray Disc<\/strong> (IH-BD) would instead incorporate a rewritable 25GB layer into the current format for consumers, resulting in a dual layered disc containing both &#8220;a single BD-ROM layer and a single BD-RE layer so as to enable the user to view, but not overwrite, critical published data while providing the flexibility to include relevant personal data on the same physical disc.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These new format enhancements are not compatible with the current Blu-Ray players because they require a better laser. But the future BDXL and IH-BD compatible equipment will be downward compatible according to the press release, enabling playback of the current 25GB and 50GB Blu-Ray discs. And the Blu-Ray Disc Association expect consumers to access a new consumer version of the BDXL devices in areas where 3D Blu-Ray players or Blu-Ray recorders have gained acceptance. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an April 2nd, 2010 Press Release the Blu-Ray Disc Association has released details about the new Blu-Ray formats that will be released this year. There will be two different format enhancements, BDXL and IH-BD, both of which will add additional features to the Blu-Ray format. The BDXL discs will either include one to two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[102,135,136,462,486,512,513,812,881],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbymailcanada.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}