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====Blu-ray and HD-DVD==== The third generation optical disc was developed in 2000β2006 and was introduced as Blu-ray Disc. First movies on Blu-ray Discs were released in June 2006.<ref>{{cite web|last=Drawbaugh|first=Ben|date=June 19, 2006|title=HD DVD and Blu-ray movies released on June 20th 2006|url=https://www.engadget.com/2006/06/19/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movies-released-on-june-20th-2006/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411111451/https://www.engadget.com/2006/06/19/hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-movies-released-on-june-20th-2006/|archive-date=2018-04-11|publisher=Engadget International Editions}}</ref> Blu-ray eventually prevailed in a [[high definition optical disc format war]] over a competing format, the [[HD DVD]]. A standard Blu-ray disc can hold about 25 GB of data, a DVD about 4.7 GB, and a CD about 700 MB. [[File:Comparison CD DVD HDDVD BD.svg|thumb|300px|Comparison of various optical storage media]]
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