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DVD Giveaway: Get Into Blu-Ray!

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on November 17, 2007

Are you still trying to figure out whether you should buy an HD-DVD player or a Blu-Ray player? With the rapidly falling prices on one side (HD-DVD) your decision may be getting a little bit easier this holiday season. But there may be a few things that you don’t know (probably because we haven’t told you yet) about Blu-Ray. Here are some facts, provided to us by the folks at bluraydisc.com.

Blu-ray is a next generation disc format for 1080p high definition content. If you want to get the best in high definition for you Hi-def TV you want to get Blu-ray. Here are the key benefits of Blu-ray:
- Up to 6x better resolution than DVD
- Progressive scanning delivers a smoother image than interlaced and stays sharper during motion
- High Definition sound, up to 7.1 channels of lossless high definition audio for a superior listening experience.
- Regular DVDs play on all existing Blu-ray Disc players
- Over 170 companies support Blu-ray, therefore more Hollywood movies and the top blockbusters are available on Blu-ray
- 5x more capacity than DVD and 66% more than HD DVD allowing for more space for higher quality audio, video and interactive content

For more info, you can visit bluraydisc.com. Also take a look at these two videos:

And now on to the giveaway. To get you really excited about Blu-ray technology, we’ve scored three awesome titles. We’ve got Disney/Pixar’s Cars, Ultraviolet and Superman on Blu-ray disc to give away.

To Enter: Email contests@filmschoolrejects.com with “Get Into Blu-Ray” in the Subject line. Be sure to include your name and email. We will contact winners directly. Entries will be accepted until Saturday December 1.