Just added to our Al-La-Carte' selection of upgrades are Blu-Ray DVDs. Now you can enjoy your wedding video in TRUE 100% High-Definition. Blu-Ray is simply the best picture quality that you can get on the market today!
So what is Blu-Ray?
Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD), is the name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data. The format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc. This extra capacity combined with the use of advanced video and audio codecs will offer consumers an unprecedented HD experience.
While current optical disc technologies such as DVD, DVD±R, DVD±RW, and DVD-RAM rely on a red laser to read and write data, the new format uses a blue-violet laser instead, hence the name Blu-ray.
Blu-ray is currently supported by about 200 of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer, recording media, video game and music companies. The format also has support from all Hollywood studios and countless smaller studios as a successor to today's DVD format. Many studios have also announced that they will begin releasing new feature films on Blu-ray Disc day-and-date with DVD, as well as a continuous slate of catalog titles every month. (taken from Blu-Ray.com)
Lakota Den Productions has been shooting all our wedding in HD for the past year, but had only been able to deliver on standard DVDs (by using a process called down-converting that converts a High-Def 1080i video down to the standard definition size and resolution). Since we started off with a HD video, we gave out clients the best quality picture that they could get with on a standard DVD. Blu-Ray now gives us the option to give our clients the true 1080i resolution for an even better picture.
How much better is Blu-Ray? Well, most standard TVs and DVDs come in a format called NTSC. The NTSC format has a picture resolution of 720×480 pixels and plays at a speed of about 30 frames per second (29.97 actually). HDTV (and Blu-Ray discs) can Display in a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels at a speed of 50 frames per second. That's more than twice the resolution and the faster frame rate allows for a crisper picture when it played - you really notice the difference in sporting events or anything that is fast-paced.
For our clients that have not upgraded yet to Blu-Ray Players, all of our packages will still come with the standard DVD that will play in any DVD player. When the time comes when you do upgrade to a Blu-Ray DVD player, just let us know and we will be happy to re-author your DVDs to Blu-Ray.
Check this out along with our other packages at
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