Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) Disc-ReWritable

(Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) Disc-ReWritable) Another designation for rewritable Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) disks, which are officially called " BD-RE (RW)recordable" ( BD-RE (RW)).

A high-capacity optical disc that holds 4.5 hours of high-definition video (HD) on a single-sided, single-layer 25GB disk. Announced in 2002 by Sony, Hitachi, Philips and other vendors, the Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) technology uses a blue-violet laser that reads pits a third the size of a DVD on tracks that are packed much tighter together. Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) supports the more advanced H.264 and VC-1 video encoding algorithms (codecs) as well as MPEG-2, which is used for DVD. It also supports 1080p, the highest HDTV resolution. See H.264 and VC-1.

The first Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) recorders, which also play CDs and DVDs, were introduced in Japan in 2003. A Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) drive was one of the primary new features of Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console, introduced late in 2006 (see PS3).

Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) Is a Java Virtual Machine
The Java environment is the standard for developing menus and interaction on Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) movies and games. Every Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) player includes a Java Virtual Machine that interprets the Java code.

BD-ROM, BD-R and  BD-RE (RW)
Like CD and DVD media, there are read-only, write-once and rewritable options. Used for HD movies, BD-ROMs (Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) Disc-ROMs) are pre-recorded discs that cannot be changed. BD-R (Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) Disc-Recordable) media can be "burned" once by the user, and  BD-RE (RW) (Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) Disc-RErecordable) disks can be rewritten over and over.

Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) Hybrids
Hybrid Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) disks are BD-ROMs that store a movie in Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) on one side and standard DVD on the other. In late 2006, Warner Home Video announced a hybrid disc that held Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) and HD DVD on one side and DVD on the other. In 2007, LG introduced the Super Blu, the first dual-format player, supporting both Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) and HD DVD media. However, in early 2008, HD DVD was discontinued, leaving Blu-ray BD-RE (RW) as the winner in the HD format battle. See