The Disc

Image Quality

A Blu-ray Disc^® can be packed with extra features and really exciting entertainment. But when it's all said and done, the amazing picture quality at up to 1080p resolution* is the big story. With room for 2,073,600 beautiful little pixels, each Blu-ray Disc can provide close to six times the resolution of a standard DVD.

And since we're making comparisons, let's talk about bit rate. With video that's been compressed, higher bit rates help eliminate artifacts and "noise" in moving images. So the action is cleaner, crisper and more realistic. Standard DVDs deliver a bit rate of up to 10 Mbps. The HDTV broadcasts you have come to love on your flat panel screen can reach up to an impressive 19 Mbps.

Blu-ray Discs positively scream at up to 48 Mbps! That's nearly five times the bit rate of the DVDs you're used to, and it greatly exceeds the bit rate of broadcast HDTV. No matter what you're watching, it will probably look better on a Blu-ray Disc.**

Learn more about picture quality on the Elite^® Blu-ray Disc player.

*1080p display is required to view content in 1080p.
**Picture quality is dependent upon quality of recording.

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