Panasonic DMR-XS350 Help Manual page 6

Why Blu-ray? - continued
High Quality Surround Sound
The BD-Video disc optionally supports next-
generation surround sound formats like Dolby
Digital Plus. Connecting the Blu-ray recorder
to an AV center using an HDMI cable (ver. 1.1
and newer) makes it possible to reproduce
high-quality 7.1-channel surround sound,
delivering a surround sound experience that
rivals the quality of the master audio source.
High Storage Capacity
The Blu-ray Disc (BD) is an optical disc format that was created to meet the
needs of high-definition video by storing a huge amount of data.
The Blu-ray Disc has the same dimensions as CD and DVD, but it features
an amazing data storage capacity.
While a DVD stores up to 4.7 GB (gigabytes) of data on one side, the Blu-ray
Disc can hold as much as 25 GB on a single side, giving it more than five
times the storage capacity.
Because each recording layer of a single-side, dual-layer Blu-ray Disc is
capable of storing 25 GB of data, the total capacity is an astonishing 50 GB
per disc. In other words, one Blu-ray Disc can store as much data as ten
DVDs.
For more information on Blu-ray technology, please visit
http://panasonic.net/blu-ray/technology/.
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