• Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    CDs like laserdiscs before them are read with an infrared laser.

    DVDs use a red laser, and Blu-ray does indeed use a blue-violet laser. The smaller wavelengths, plus the ability to do multiple layers, are indeed how they cram more data more densely onto a disc of nearly identical size.