Sony PlayStation 3: Blu-ray Disc Fact Sheet

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Blu-ray Disc is a next-generation media format that delivers the ultimate high-definition entertainment experience. Blu-ray Disc was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video as well as storing large amounts of data. Blu-ray was jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association and is supported by more than 170 of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers including Apple, Dell, Hitachi, Hewlett-Packard, JVC, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Thomson. Blu-ray also delivers the broadest range of home entertainment content ? seven of the eight major movie studios have already announced titles for Blu-ray, including Warner, Paramount, Fox, Disney, Sony, MGM and Lionsgate.

With Blu-ray Disc technology, the PlayStation 3 system offers game developers power to express their creativity and a larger canvas in which to create an unsurpassed level of interaction, sophistication and reality. The format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 50GB on a dual-layer disc. Add to that Blu-ray Disc audio which redefines "life-like". With 7.1 channel surround sound and true lossless audio, every note, every sound, every explosion, every cheer of the crowd is on the disc ? just like it would be if you were actually there. Just like the DVD format offered a technological leap over CDs, Blu-ray Disc is the next leap forward in the natural advancement of data storage and digital entertainment.

Features:
- Supported by the Blu-ray Association and has broader industry support than any disc format ever launched
- Just like the other PlayStation consoles have helped establish new media formats such as the CD and DVD, we expect the PlayStation 3 system to help propel the growth of the Blu-ray Disc format
- The format offers large storage capacity that game creators require in today's high-def world?more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs
- Blu-ray offers pristine picture quality at 1080p the highest-definition resolution available today
- In addition to videogames and movies, Blu-ray Disc recordable formats can store almost anything in your digital world, including photographs, home videos, music libraries and data.

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