DVD movies began to be produced in the 1990’s, and they became the dominant home video format sometime around 2000, a position that DVD’s enjoy even today. However, with a storage capacity of only 4.7 Gb, home theater users require discs which can hold high definition content, DVD’s simply do not have the storage capacity to hold all of that data. Therefore, nine leading electronics companies, including Sony, Samsung, and Sharp, began developing a next generation movie format to hold high definition video to usher in a new era of the home theater. With the so called “blue ray” specifications finalized, the average consumer can now afford to watch movies in high definition.

Comparison

The biggest difference between the DVD (digital versatile/video disc) format and the Blue ray format is that DVD players use a red laser to read data while Blue ray players use a blue/violet laser to read data. Basically, the shorter wavelength of the blue/violet laser means that Blue ray discs can store more data in the same amount of space, resulting in a limit of 50 Gb of data as opposed to 4.7 Gb for DVD. However, this has resulted in the players being much more expensive (at least initially) than DVD players, and adoption rates have been slow because of the following reasons (besides cost).

Average consumers have been confused in this recent “format war” between Blue ray and its rival format HD-DVD in the high definition home video market. The market was split nearly 50/50 in the beginning as vast marketing efforts in both areas and an even split in endorsements from large movie studios like Disney and Universal, with only two studios (Warner Bros. And Paramount) supporting both formats, although Warner Bros. will be Blue ray exclusive on May 31, and Paramount is already exclusively HD-DVD. As it currently stands, about 45% of planned and released titles are available on HD-DVD and 70% on Blue ray.

Besides this reason, Blue ray discs have picked up the pace as all of Sony’s PS3s can play Blue ray movies, with millions of consumers using their video game console to play movies on. An HD-DVD drive for Microsoft’s X-Box 360 was only available as an addition while the PS3 had built in support. If you are looking to have a brand new experience with movies where you are immersed into the action, then check out Blue ray players and movies.

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Tip! Adverse effects on health: - In Cell Phones the data transmitter and receiver use microwaves for the purpose. Or you can say two cells gets connected through the microwaves.

What you need to look for when buying Cell Phones.
Well if you watch TV, or check the newspaper and the ads that come through your email, then you know that you just must have the newest, shiniest, smallest, Cell Phones that have a 2 inch by 2 inch screen with 10 million colors, and takes moving pictures! It must be so, thats what all of the ads tell us.

Well there is an old adage that says, “a lot of things were meant to sell, not to buy.” Its just maybe that newest, brightest, etc, etc cell phone is one of them.

Lets go through a few things you should consider before going to get one of the new cell phones.

Tip! Littered school systems: - There’s lot of disturbance in schools due to cell phones. The head masters daily deliver lectures on this issue but the problem seems to have no solution.

• Coverage
• Monthly Cost
• Length of The Contract

OK, now that we have given the essentials a once over, its time to look at what you want and maybe need in your cell phones.

• Emergency Use Only
• Camera
• Text Message
• Call Waiting
• Caller ID
• memory Storage
• No Roaming
• Number of Anytime Minutes
• Roll Over Minutes

When considering a cell phones the first thing you need to look at is your coverage. You can have the smallest, brightest, and anything else you can think of, but if it won’t work where you need it to work, then you’ve got a problem.

Where do you need it? At the office, the kid’s school. Do you travel out of town? Maybe have a small farm or lake property.

Your cell phones have to work where you are going to use them, so before you purchase anything, find out what the coverage is.

Monthly cost. You should look at all of the fine print. Make sure you know how much you are going to be paying each month for your coverage.

Tip! Increase in expenses: -Greater the number of cell phones in a home greater is the bill. Children don’t care about how much their parents will pay for their luxuries, they are careless and don’t most of them have sense of responsibility.

If the carrier is offering to give you this great upgrade cell phone if you take service “A”, over service “B” or “C”, watch out. You may be able to go online and buy the same cell phone as a separate item. Yes, it may cost you a few bucks, but that is only a one time charge, you may have to make that monthly payment for your service contract for three or four years just to get one of their free
cell phones.

Now most carriers offer free cell phones as part of the contract, yes it may not be the latest and greatest, but it may do all you need. Try for a low-cost contract with a short term. You know they have specials on three or four times a year. Six months from now you may be able to get better coverage, better cell phones and pay less.

How will you use cell phones? Do you travel? If you stay local, why would you need nationwide service? Is the phone only for emergencies when traveling? Want to take pictures at the ball games or maybe sell real estate. If so a Camera phone may be great.

Tip! The Most Expensive Cell Phone: Goldvish, a company known to specialize in luxury items generally holds the title for some of the most expensive cell phones. Typically starting around $28,000 they make a statement of affluence without a doubt.

Do you really need call waiting and caller ID? Whoa, what is text messaging all about? Is that something you will be using every day? What about roll over minutes?

You really need to take a good inventory of your needs and your wants when picking out cell phones and who your carrier is going to be.

Think it over for a few minutes before you sign on the dotted line.

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Tip! Your budget. Cell Phones range in prices, but usually are less expensive when also purchasing service.

Have you ever sat in the lobby of a hotel and listened to a salesman on his Cell Phone making calls and setting up appointments for the next day? Sure we all have heard people announcing their arrivals, departures, delays and ETAs, but what about when a salesman is in the lobby of a five star and simply is attempting to close the sale and make an appointment? A little tacky isn’t it? Well it can get worse than that.

Recently I was in the lobby and over heard some interesting details of a business deal going down and it involved a competitor of a personal friend who runs a rather large Corporation right now. So, I moved in closer and sat down, took notes and when this sales guy, I presume got off the phone. He smiled to himself and said; YES!

Tip! Littered school systems: - There’s lot of disturbance in schools due to Cell Phones. The head masters daily deliver lectures on this issue but the problem seems to have no solution.

But unfortunately for me, he made the biggest error of all, he blasted important information out in public and I forwarded this information to my friend and well, lets just say there were some embarrassed business people who were beat to the punch by two-days in the media release of what was suppose to be a block buster new high-tech personal device. Consider all this in 2006.

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