Why is Blue Ray shortened to BD?

[roger06]

A silly question I know, but why is Blu Ray referred to in abbreviated form as BD instead of BR ???

 

[professorhat]

Blu-Ray Disc. Like Compact Disc.

 

[Gerrardasnails]

roger06:A silly question I know, but why is Blu Ray referred to in abbreviated form as BD instead of BR ???

Simple, Bluray is one word. The D stands for disc.

 

[roger06]

OK - makes sense!

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[Anonymous]

No, it's quite reasonable to say that it doesn't make sense.

Bluray is only one word so that it could be easier to trademark.

Come on, it's pretty obviously two words. Blue and Ray. BRD or BR would make just as much sense. Certainly you're not alone in being perplexed as to the use of BD whenever Bluray is mentioned. The mind sees the addition of the word "disk" as arbitrary. It's the "Blu Ray" bit that matters. They're all disks of some sort after all.

 

[Gerrardasnails]

Will Harris:No, it's quite reasonable to say that it doesn't make sense.

Bluray is only one word so that it could be easier to trademark.

Come on, it's pretty obviously two words. Blue and Ray. BRD or BR would make just as much sense. Certainly you're not alone in being perplexed as to the use of BD whenever Bluray is mentioned. The mind sees the addition of the word "disk" as arbitrary. It's the "Blu Ray" bit that matters. They're all disks of some sort after all.

Sorry Will, I don't understand your reasoning there. We all call compact discs, CDs. The "disc" is very much needed. No one says I bought a great compact at the weekend or I love that Digital Video. In a few years time, when BD is familiar to the masses, we will all be saying, "I bought a great BD at the weekend", not "I bought a great Bluray at the weekend".

 

[Andrew Everard]

Blu-ray Disc, actually - you'll find all the information from, say, Sony describes the hardware as "Blu-ray Disc players", not "Blu-ray players".

But point taken about 'I bought a great Blu-ray at the weekend', just as people refer to DVDs as DVDs without knowing what the initials mean, or that what they actually bought was a "DVD-V" disc.

 

[roger06]

So will people start referring to BD discs just like 'PIN Numbers'...

 

[Anonymous]

Yes, and have you noticed all the players have LCD-displays on the front

/U.

 

[radovantz]

I think it is best to name the blue-ray disc as HDD (High-Definition Disc), as compared to DVD (Digital Versatile Disc).. regardless to what colour came out of the lens.

I'm happy that Denon receivers name the input as HDP (High Definition Player), not BD.

 

[Gerrardasnails]

radovantz:
I think it is best to name the blue-ray disc as HDD (High-Definition Disc), as compared to DVD (Digital Versatile Disc).. regardless to what colour came out of the lens.

I'm happy that Denon receivers name the input as HDP (High Definition Player), not BD.

No it doesn't. The latest BD player is called DVD-2500BT (Bluray transport) and it comes under it's section on the website called BD/DVD players.

 

[professorhat]

I think he means the actual label on the Denon receiver's HDMI input which is assigned for Blu-Ray players.

 

[Anonymous]

In that case wouldn't the receiver have been designed before the format war was won by BD?

 

[professorhat]

Yup, possibly, or designed with future in mind for Blu-Ray's replacement (if there is to be one).
Of course HDD also has the potential to be confused with Hard Disk Drive. You gotta love acronyms.

 

[Clare Newsome]

professorhat:
You gotta love acronyms.

My favourite is TWAIN - Technology Without An Interesting Name

 

[Sliced Bread]

Clare Newsome:professorhat:
You gotta love acronyms.

My favourite is TWAIN - Technology Without An Interesting Name

Mine is: Annual Net Usage Statistic

 

[Andrew Everard]

JohnNewman:Mine is: Annual Net Usage Statistic

I can hear the sniggering from here.

 

[Sliced Bread]

Hehe