Console Bliss

In the world of PC gaming there are many changes that are taking place.  Just like the consoles, PC games are starting to come out on Blu-ray formats.  Why is this?  The real question should be why haven’t we done this sooner?  Blu-ray is at the peak of technology as far as how much data these discs can hold.  This media format allows for game developers to really make games large and pretty, with stunning environments and character models.  PC games are now moving from DVD ROM format to Blu-Ray to keep up with the consoles and deliver more breathtakingly beautiful video games to the PC platform.

The LG blu ray burner for example can connect to your computer via SATA, which is much faster than the old IDE protocol.  A regular Blu-ray disc can hold 25 GB and a dual layer disc can hold up to 50 GB of information!  To put this into perspective that means you could hold 9 hours of HD video content, 23 hours of standard definition video,  or you could even fit 72 CD’s on a Blu-ray disc.  The LG blu ray burner gives you 16X speed and you can burn Blu-ray and HD DVD media formats onto a Blu-ray disc which is either single or dual layered.  This is a one burner fits all as it can do both formats and do it in a jiffy!

How expensive are Blu-ray burners? You can purchase one of these things starting at around $200 up to $700 dollars.  The higher you go in the price, the faster and the more the burner can do, but if you are looking for something to just store media, or backup your DVR than a regular $200 dollar burner will do you just fine. 

As PC games are coming out in Blu-ray format you will eventually have to get a Bu-ray player for your PC.  Since you are going to have to buy one anyway, why not get a burner that can also write Blu-rays instead of just read them.  You can use a pioneer blu ray burner for several different things.  Even laptops are coming standard with a laptop blu ray burner, so what can you do with them?  We have already gone over some simple things you can do, but backing up music can be a breeze, especially if you have a lot of music on iTunes.  One Blu-ray will most likely be more than enough to hold all of your music libraries and keep you from losing any important information.  Also if you edit video or pictures a Blu-ray burner could come in extremely handy.

To sum it all up Blu-ray players are becoming main stream so don’t just settle for one that can read a disc, but get one that can write one too as you will find there are many different situations that being able to write a Blu-ray disc will come in very handy.