Profiles
Profile 1.0: Grace Period
The first basic version of the Blu-ray disc specification was released in 2006. It has the minimum requirements of HD video, surround audio, and advanced interactive menus. It was more of an open beta than an entire release. Profile 1.0 Blu-ray players were discontinued in 2007 in favor of Profile 1.1.
Profile 1.1: Bonus View
If you play a Blu-ray disc with Profile 1.1 features on a Profile 1.0 player, those features will not play.
See: BDMV Application Programming
Profile 2.0: BD-Live
See: Networking
Profile 3.0: High-Fidelity Pure Audio
The first Blu-ray album was TrondheimSolistene: Divertimenti, released in 2008.
Profile 4.0: N/A
It's worth noting that there is no Profile 4.0. According to the Blu-ray whitepapers, it's is reserved. It's possible that the reason behind this could be related to tetraphobia or it could have been originally intended for the Sony PlayStation 3, although the latter seems unlikely.
Profile 5.0: Blu-ray 3D
For playing stereo 3D content, Profile 5.0 is used. However, standard Blu-ray players cannot play 3D content. To play 3D movies, a Blu-ray 3D player is required. You will learn more about 3D in the 3D section of the article.
See: Stereographic 3D
Profile 6.0: Ultra HD Blu-ray
Unlike other profiles, Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs are incompatible with existing standard Blu-ray players and intended to be Blu-ray's successor. It supports 4K UHD (3840 × 2160 pixel resolution) video at frame rates up to 60 frames per second, encoded using High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC). The discs support both high dynamic range (HDR) by increasing the color depth to 10-bit per color and a more lavish color gamut than standard Blu-ray video by using the Rec. 2020 color space. Studio adoption has been slow but growing.
See: Ultra HD Blu-ray
Sources
- Blu-ray Official White Paper Tech Specs and 3D specs (PDF) Version 2.5 - 2011 - Details of the BD platform standards (Up-to-date for standard BD development)
- Blu-ray Official White Paper Tech Specs and 3D specs (PDF) Version 2.4 - 2010 - Details of the BD platform standards
- White Paper Blu-ray Disc™ Format 1.C Physical Format Specifications for BD-ROM - 8th Edition December 2012
- White Paper Blu-ray Disc™ Format 1.C Physical Format Specifications for BD-ROM - 6th Edition October, 2010
- Blu-ray Official White Paper Tech Specs for Ultra HD BD (PDF) Version 3.2 - 2018
- Wikipedia Page
- Hughnews.ca - Blu-ray specs
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