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Blu-ray (BD) is a digital optical disc storage format. It is designed to supersede the DVD format, capable of storing several hours of video in high-definition video (HDTV 720p and 1080p).

The name "Blu-ray" refers to the blue laser (which is actually a violet laser) used to read the disc, which allows information to be stored at a greater density than is possible with the longer-wavelength red laser used for DVDs.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Although it's not the first HD disc format, it still has defeated HD DVD in the high-definition optical disc format war.
 * 2) It can output movies in 720p and even 1080p, and that was in 2006.
 * 3) It has a capacity of 25 gigabytes for a single-layer Blu-ray disc, which allows HD movies and modern games to fit better in that format. When it comes to dual-layer discs, it can go up to 50 GB of storage!
 * 4) It was used as a game format for the PlayStation 3, which is a major quality the console had over the Xbox 360 which only used DVDs for games.
 * 5) Nowadays the disc format used by most consoles.
 * 6) The Blu-ray movie cases look nice with a transparent blue color.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Most of the movie menus on Blu-ray discs are lackluster in design. And they can be the same on many movies, the only difference being the color change.
 * 2) Regular Blu-ray drives cannot play 4K Blu-rays, meaning that you have to get 4K Blu-ray players in order to play them. Even the PlayStation 4 Pro doesn't even have that despite being able to output games in 4K.