Online Blu-ray Tutorial - What is Blu-ray?

MPEG-2 - enhanced for HD, also used for playback of DVDs and HDTV recordings.

MPEG-4 AVC - part of the MPEG-4 standard also known as H.264 (High Profile and Main Profile).

SMPTE VC-1 - standard based on Microsoft's Windows Media Video (WMV) technology.

Please note that this simply means that all Blu-ray players and recorders will have to support playback of these video codecs, it will still be up to the movie studios to decide which video codec(s) they use for their releases.

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• What exactly is Blu-ray?

• Why the name Blu-ray?

• Who developed Blu-ray?

• What Blu-ray formats are planned?

• How much data can you fit on a Blu-ray disc?

• How much video can you fit on a Blu-ray disc?

• How fast can you read/write data on a Blu-ray disc?

• What video codecs will Blu-ray support?

• What audio codecs will Blu-ray support?

• Will Blu-ray discs require a cartridge?

• Will Blu-ray require an Internet connection?

• Will Blu-ray down-convert analog outputs?

• Will Blu-ray support mandatory managed copy?

• When will I be able to buy Blu-ray products?

• What will Blu-ray products cost?

• Will Blu-ray replace DVDs?

• Will Blu-ray be backwards compatible with DVD?

• Why should I upgrade from DVD to Blu-ray?

• What is the difference between Blu-ray and DVD?

• Will Blu-ray replace VCRs?

• What about Blu-ray for PCs?