What is a Blu-Ray Disc (BD)?

Blu-ray is a next-generation optical disc format, featuring a significant increase in storage capacity facilitating support for high definition (HD) video and audio. Blu-ray derives its name from the blue-violet laser used to read the disc and offers superior connectivity and advanced interactivity over its competitor HD-DVD.

What are the Benefits of High Definition (HD)?

The introduction of high definition compatible technologies allows for full support of 720p, 1080i and 1080p HD video and establishes 7.1 audio mastering with the lossless DTS HD and Dolby TrueHD audio formats.

High definition video and audio offer an increase in clarity as less compression is required to store the data on the high capacity next-generation formats. To take advantage of HD video you will require a HD compatible television, and similarly a HD decoder for the lossless audio formats.

Will Blu-Ray make DVDs obsolete?

The good news is that the Blu-ray technology is backwards compatible, meaning that your current DVD library won't be made obselete. Additionally, as with any emerging technology, there will be a significant conversion period as consumers, manufacturers and retailers slowly adopt the new formats - DVD will be around for a long while yet!

How do I Play BDs?

A Blu-ray player will be required to view BDs. Blu-ray players will feature backwards support for DVD but will not be compatible with its competitor HD-DVD.

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2001 - A Space Odyssey...	21 (Blu-ray)	27 Dresses (Blu-ray)
28 Weeks Later (Blu-ray)	30 Days Of Night (Blu-...	300 (Blu-ray)
3:10 To Yuma (2007) (B...	40 Year-Old Virgin, Th...	50 First Dates (Blu-ray)
6th Day, The (Blu-ray)	AC/DC - Live At Doning...	Across The Universe (B...
Adventures Of Baron Mu...	Air Force One (Blu-ray)	Alexander Revisited - ...
Alice Cooper - Live At...	All The King's Men (20...	Almost Famous - The 'B...
Alpha Dog (Blu-ray)	Alvin And The Chipmunk...	Anger Management (Blu-...
Ant Bully, The (Blu-ray)	Apocalypto (Mel Gibson...	Are We Done Yet? (Blu-...
Australia - Land of Pa...	Aviator, The (2004) (B...	AVP - Alien Vs Predato...
AVP2: Requiem - Extend...	Batman Begins - Limite...	Battle Of The Bulge (B...
Beerfest (Blu-ray)	Behind Enemy Lines (Bl...	Beowulf (2007) - Direc...
Big Fish (2003) (Blu-r...	Big Hit, The (Blu-ray)	Black Book (Blu-ray)
Black Crowes, The - Fr...	Black Hawk Down (Blu-r...	Black Sheep (2006) (Bl...
Blade Runner - The Fin...	Blazing Saddles - 30th...	Blood Diamond (Blu-ray)
Blue Streak (Blu-ray)	Bone Collector, The (B...	Breaking And Entering ...
Bridge To Terabithia (...	Broken Arrow (1995) (B...	Bruce Almighty (Blu-ray)
Bruce Springsteen With...	Bullitt (Blu-ray)	Butch Cassidy And The ...
Butterfly On A Wheel -...	Can't Hardly Wait (Blu...	Cars (Blu-ray)
Casino Royale (007) (B...	Casino Royale (007) - ...	Catch & Release (B...
Chain Reaction (Blu-ray)	Chicago (Blu-ray)	Chicken Little (Blu-ray)
Chronicles Of Narnia, ...	Chronicles Of Narnia, ...	Chronos - Special Edit...
Cinderella Man (Blu-ray)	Cirque Du Soleil - Cor...	CJ7 (Blu-ray)
Click (Blu-ray)	Clockwork Orange, A (S...	Close Encounters Of Th...
Closer (Blu-ray)	Cloverfield (Blu-ray)	Commando (Blu-ray)
Con Air (Blu-ray)	Corpse Bride (Tim Burt...	Courage Under Fire (Bl...
Covenant, The (Blu-ray)	Cowboys, The (Blu-ray)	Coyote Ugly (Blu-ray)
Crimson Tide (Blu-ray)	Cruel Intentions (Blu-...	Daddy Day Camp (Blu-ray)
Dan In Real Life (Blu-...	Dark City - Director's...	Dark Water (2005) (Blu...
Day After Tomorrow, Th...	Day Watch (Dnevnoi Doz...	Dead Space - Downfall ...
Deja Vu (Blu-ray)	Deliverance (Blu-ray)	Departed, The (Blu-ray)
Destiny's Child - Live...	Devil's Own, The (Blu-...	Die Another Day (007) ...
Die Hard (Blu-ray)	Die Hard - With A Veng...	Die Hard 2 - Die Harde...
Die Hard 4.0 (Blu-ray)	Die Hard Quadrilogy (4...	Dinosaur (Blu-ray)
Dirty Dancing - 20th A...	Dirty Dozen, The (Blu-...	Dog Day Afternoon (Blu...
Doomsday (Blu-ray)	Dr No (007) (Blu-ray)	Dr Seuss' Horton Hears...
Dracula (Bram Stoker's...	Dragon Wars (Blu-ray)	Drillbit Taylor (Blu-r...
DVE - Digital Video Es...	Edward Scissorhands (B...	Eight Below (Blu-ray)
Elvis Costello And The...	Enchanted (Blu-ray)	Enemy Of The State (Bl...
Enforcer, The (Dirty H...	Enter The Dragon (Blu-...	Entrapment (Blu-ray)
Eragon (Blu-ray)	Erin Brockovich (Blu-r...	Exorcism Of Emily Rose...
Eyes Wide Shut (Kubric...	Face/Off (Blu-ray)	Fantastic 4 (Blu-ray)
Fantastic 4 - Rise Of ...	Felon (Blu-ray)	Few Good Men, A (Blu-r...
Fifth Element, The (Bl...	Final Fantasy - The Sp...	Finding Neverland (Blu...
First Knight (Blu-ray)	Flatliners (Blu-ray)	Flight Of The Phoenix ...
Flightplan (Blu-ray)	Foo Fighters - Live At...	For Your Eyes Only (00...
Forgetting Sarah Marsh...	Freedomland (Blu-ray)	From Hell (Blu-ray)
From Russia With Love ...	Fugitive, The (1993) (...	Full Metal Jacket (Sta...
Full Metal Jacket (Sta...	Futurama - Bender's Ga...	Galapagos (Blu-ray)
Game Plan, The (Blu-ray)	Gattaca - Deluxe Editi...	Get Smart (2008) (2 Di...
Ghost Rider (2007) - E...	Ghostbusters 1 & 2...	Godfather, The - The C...
Godzilla (1998) (Blu-r...	Golden Compass, The - ...	Gone Baby Gone (Blu-ray)
Gone In 60 Seconds (20...	Good Luck Chuck - Uncu...	GoodFellas (Blu-ray)
Gothika (Blu-ray)	Grey's Anatomy - Seaso...	Gridiron Gang (Blu-ray)
Guardian, The (Blu-ray)	Hairspray (2007) - Sha...	Half Past Dead (Blu-ray)
Halloween (1978) (John...	Halloween (2007) (Blu-...	Hancock (Blu-ray)
Happening, The (Blu-ray)	Happy Feet (Blu-ray)	Harry Potter And The C...
Harry Potter And The G...	Harry Potter And The O...	Harry Potter And The P...
Harry Potter And The P...	Hart's War (Blu-ray)	HDScape - Antarctica D...
HDScape - Exotic Saltw...	HDScape - Fireplace: V...	HDScape - Hawaii (Blu-...
HDScape - Serenity: So...	HDScape - StarGaze HD:...	HDScape - The Great So...
HDScape - Visions Of T...	Hellboy - The Director...	Heroes - Complete Seas...
Heroes - Season 1 (5 D...	Heroes - Season 2 (4 D...	Hidalgo (Blu-ray)
High School Musical - ...	High School Musical 2 ...	Hills Have Eyes, The (...
Hitch (Blu-ray)	Hitchhiker's Guide To ...	Hitman - Unrated (Blu-...
Hollow Man - Extended ...	Hollywoodland (Blu-ray)	Hostel - Part II: Uncu...
Hostel - Uncut Version...	I Am Legend (Blu-ray)	I, Robot (Blu-ray)
Ice Age (Blu-ray)	Ice Age 2 - The Meltdo...	Identity (Blu-ray)
In The Line Of Fire (B...	Incredible Hulk, The (...	Incubus - Alive At Red...
Independence Day (Blu-...	Indiana Jones and the ...	Into The Blue (Blu-ray)
Invincible Iron Man, T...	Iron Man - Ultimate 2-...	Italian Job, The (2003...
Jailhouse Rock (Blu-ray)	Jane Austen Book Club,...	Jerry Maguire (Blu-ray)
Jumper (Blu-ray)	Juno (Blu-ray)	Kill Bill - Volume 1 (...
Kill Bill - Volume 2 (...	King Arthur - Director...	Kingdom Of Heaven - Di...
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (B...	Kiss Of The Dragon (Bl...	Knight's Tale, A (Blu-...
Knocked Up - Extended ...	KoRn - Live At Montreu...	Kung Fu Hustle (Blu-ray)
Ladder 49 (Blu-ray)	Lady In The Water (Blu...	Lara Croft - Tomb Raid...
Last Samurai, The (Blu...	Layer Cake (Blu-ray)	League Of Extraordinar...
Leatherheads (Blu-ray)	Led Zeppelin - The Son...	Legends Of The Fall (B...
Lethal Weapon (Blu-ray)	Lethal Weapon 2 (Blu-r...	Live And Let Die (007)...
Lost - The Complete 4t...	Lost Boys, The - Speci...	Made Of Honour (Blu-ray)
Magnum Force (Dirty Ha...	Maid In Manhattan (Blu...	March Of The Penguins ...
Marine, The (Blu-ray)	Master And Commander -...	Maximum Risk (Blu-ray)
Meet The Robinsons (Bl...	Men In Black (Blu-ray)	Men Of Honour (Blu-ray)
Mission: Impossible - ...	Mist, The (Stephen Kin...	Mona Lisa Smile (Blu-r...
Monster House (Blu-ray)	Monty Python's Life Of...	Mr & Mrs Smith (Bl...
My Best Friend's Weddi...	Mythbusters - James Bo...	National Security (Blu...
National Treasure - Co...	National Treasure 2 - ...	Nature's Journey (Blu-...
Next (Blu-ray)	Night At The Museum (B...	Night Watch (Nochnoi D...
Nightmare Before Chris...	No Country For Old Men...	Ocean's Eleven (2001) ...
Ocean's Thirteen (Blu-...	Ocean's Twelve (Blu-ray)	Omen, The (2006) (Blu-...
One Missed Call (2008)...	Open Season (Blu-ray)	Out For Justice (Blu-r...
Paprika (Blu-ray)	Pat Metheny Group - Th...	Pathfinder - Unrated (...
Patriot, The (2000) - ...	Pearl Harbor (Blu-ray)	Perfect Stranger (2007...
Phone Booth (Blu-ray)	Pirates Of The Caribbe...	Pirates Of The Caribbe...
Pirates Of The Caribbe...	Pixar - Short Films Co...	Planet Earth (2006) - ...
Planet Of The Apes (20...	Polar Express, The (Bl...	Predator (Blu-ray)
Professionals, The (19...	Prom Night (2008) - Un...	Puppy (Blu-ray)
Purple Rain (Blu-ray)	Pursuit Of Happyness, ...	Queen - Rock Montreal ...
Rambo - Reloaded Editi...	Ratatouille (Blu-ray)	Recruit, The (Blu-ray)
Reign Of Fire (Blu-ray)	Reign Over Me (Blu-ray)	Rent (2005) (Blu-ray)
Replacement Killers, T...	Reservoir Dogs (Blu-ray)	Resident Evil - Apocal...
Resident Evil - Extinc...	Return To House On Hau...	Rio Bravo (Blu-ray)
Rising Sun (Blu-ray)	Road Warrior, The (Mad...	Robocop (Blu-ray)
Rock, The (Blu-ray)	Rocky (Blu-ray)	Rocky Balboa (Blu-ray)