The format provides five times larger capacity than today's DVDs, with unprecedented storage capacity of 25 GB (single-layer) and 50 GB (dual-layer). Blu-ray Disc ® players will be fully backward compatible with current CD/DVD formats, delivering entertainment content in full high-definition (HD) quality, under a secure environment made possible through the most advanced copyright protection technology.

Blu-ray Disc ® was created to match the accelerating growth in digital consumer electronics and computer technology. The platform supports the convergence of film, music, gaming and other computer entertainment in a single standard. Sony Computer Entertainment's adoption of Blu-ray Disc ® ROM technology in the next-generation PlayStation 3 system was announced at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo.

Blu-ray Disc ® is supported by more than 160 leading hardware and software manufacturers, including the leading innovators in the CE and IT industries.

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