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TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS: Toshiba, Thomson/RCA, NEC, Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, LG, Sanyo MOVIE STUDIOS: Universal, HBO, Warner Bros., Paramount, Weinstein Co. LASER TYPE: Blue DISC CAPACITY: 15 GB per layer (two layers are standard) AVAILABILITY: On sale PRICE: $500 and up
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TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS: Sony, Philips, Samsung, Pioneer, Panasonic, LG, Hewlett-Packard, Apple, Dell, Thomson, Mitsubishi, Hitachi MOVIE STUDIOS: Sony Pictures (and MGM), Disney, Lionsgate, Fox, Paramount, Warner Bros. LASER TYPE: Blue DISC CAPACITY: 25 GB per layer (two layers are standard) AVAILABILITY: Summer 2006 PRICE: $1,000 plus
Movies are just a series of snapshots, or frames, flashed on a screen. Each frame of a DVD contains roughly 350,000 pixels. Each frame of HIGH-DEFINITION video can contain more than 2 MILLION pixels.
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