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    Why The Name Blu-Ray?

    The name Blu-ray came from the fact that the laser beam which reads the data from the new discs is blue instead of red which is used for current DVDs and CDs. This new blue laser is at the heart of Blu-ray Disc Technology (i.e. blue ray of light).

    The Blu-ray name is combination of its blue lazer color and optical light’s “ray”. Because of the Blu-Ray Disc Association’s want to register it for a trademark, the new generation disc is named “blu” instead of “blue”.

    [source: blu-raydisc.com; http://www.blu-raydisc.com/Section-14064/faqs/2/Index.html]



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