A new technology emerged that brought digital sound and video into homes all over the world in the 1997. It was called, and it revolutionized the movie industry.
In 2006, the industry is set for yet another revolution with the introduction of Blu-ray Discs (BD). With their high storage capacity, Blu-ray discs can hold and play back large quantities of high-definition video and audio, as well as photos, data and other digital content.
A current, single-sided, standard DVD can hold 4.7 GB of information. That's about the size of an average two-hour, standard-definition movie with a few extra features. But a high-definition movie, which has a much clearer image (, takes up about five times more bandwidth and therefore requires a disc with about five times more storage. As Television and movie studios make the move to high definition, consumers are going to need playback systems with a lot more storage capacity.
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