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Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released worldwide on June 20, 2006, capable of storing several hours of high-definition video (HDTV 720p and 1080p).
May 23, 2024 · Sony's PS3, which arrived in Japan in 2006 and the UK in 2007, included a BD drive for games and movie playback. As with DVD, Blu-ray was to be regionalised, although the number of regions was whittled down from DVD's eight to three. And as with HD-DVD players, support for AACS was mandatory.
Dec 4, 2019 · The birth of Blu-ray. The PlayStation quickly became a serious piece of home cinema kit, however, kick-started by the PlayStation 3 and its integrated Blu-ray player. At the time of its launch in 2006, there was a fierce battle brewing over the next optical disc format.
- Becky Scarrott
Dec 4, 2019 · The console came with a Blu-ray drive built in, allowing consumers to play rented and purchased movie discs in high definition, compared to the standard-definition quality of DVD.
- Chris Welch
Aug 13, 2022 · But the thing is that the death of movie discs matters and, those impacted most by it are actually gamers. If Blu-ray goes, it means an end to the reign of the optical disc. Nothing is likely to take its place, and games everywhere are going to become download-only, as they have on PC.
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Feb 20, 2008 · Blu-ray every week of year, the charts pulled a 180 half way through December and Blu-ray was off to a good start in 2007 -- it went on to win every week that year.