Sony developing devices to support BD-ROM format
Sony begins preparations to adopt Blu-ray discs for its next-generation console.
Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - Sony Computer Entertainment announced today that it had begun preparations to adopt Blu-ray Disc ROM (BD-ROM) format as a medium for the next generation PlayStation, the successor system to the PlayStation 2.
Blu-ray Disc (BD) is a next generation high-density optical disc format that enables recording and playback of digital high-definition (HD) video signals and programs. BD-ROM format has a huge memory size of 54 GB (dual layer, single side), which is 6 times larger than that of DVD-ROM, and has the potential of becoming an ideal medium to distribute next generation entertainment content from movies and music to computer applications.
MPEG2-TS, the signal compression technology used in Hi-Vision TV broadcasting, is also used in BD, making it possible to reproduce extremely high-resolution HD video images. With the introduction of the latest high-compression code/decode technology (MPEG4-AVC, VC-1), playback of high-quality video images from HD video signals becomes possible even under a low bit-rate environment.
Sony also announced the company has started development of key devices to power the new PlayStation, including a single optical drive that can read data from all three formats of CD, DVD, and BD - a fundamental feature to grant the console also backward compatibility.
Blu-ray Disc (BD) is a next generation high-density optical disc format that enables recording and playback of digital high-definition (HD) video signals and programs. BD-ROM format has a huge memory size of 54 GB (dual layer, single side), which is 6 times larger than that of DVD-ROM, and has the potential of becoming an ideal medium to distribute next generation entertainment content from movies and music to computer applications.
MPEG2-TS, the signal compression technology used in Hi-Vision TV broadcasting, is also used in BD, making it possible to reproduce extremely high-resolution HD video images. With the introduction of the latest high-compression code/decode technology (MPEG4-AVC, VC-1), playback of high-quality video images from HD video signals becomes possible even under a low bit-rate environment.
Sony also announced the company has started development of key devices to power the new PlayStation, including a single optical drive that can read data from all three formats of CD, DVD, and BD - a fundamental feature to grant the console also backward compatibility.
(Posted: Tuesday, September 21, 2004, 4:52AM GMT)
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