Blu-ray Association Signs 100th Member
February 16, 2005
Hollywood, CA - The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) membership has grown beyond 100 companies, as more companies contribute to the development and launch of the high-definition optical format.
Blu-ray Disc is a next-generation optical disc format being developed for high-definition video and high-capacity software applications. A single-layer Blu-ray Disc will hold up to 25 gigabytes of data and a double-layer Blu-ray Disc will hold up to 50 gigabytes of data.
Among the most recent companies to join the BDA are Toho Co., Ltd and Toei Video Company, Ltd., two leading movie studios in Japan. Toho Co., Ltd. is a production house and distributor of movies in Japan. Toei Video is known for its production of movies, sales of DVDs as well as other packaged media. Toei Video generates a steady stream of release titles from its diversified parent company Toei Co., Ltd. that includes Japanese films, animation and independent films.
Blu-ray Disc provides consumers and content providers with a single common format that has the capacity, image and audio quality, interactivity and connectivity needed to expand beyond the simple movie playback offered by other formats and into a range of interoperable consumer products and applications that will bring a new dimension to home entertainment.
Currently, the Blu-ray Disc Association's Board of Directors consists of: Dell Inc.; Hewlett Packard Company; Hitachi, Ltd.; LG Electronics Inc.; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; Panasonic (Matsushita Electric); Pioneer Corporation; Royal Philips Electronics; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Sharp Corporation; Sony Corporation; TDK Corporation; Thomson; Twentieth Century Fox; and Walt Disney Pictures and Television.
Contributors: AudioDev AB, Broadcom Corp., Canon Inc., CMC Magnetics Corporation, Coding Technologies GmbH, CyberLink Corp., DaTARIUS Technologies GmbH, Deluxe Media Services Inc., Digital Theater Systems Inc., Dolby Laboratories Inc., Electronic Arts Inc., Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kenwood Corporation, LITE-ON IT Corporation, MediaTek Inc., Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co., Ltd., Moser Baer India Limited, MX Entertainment, Nero, Optodisc Technology Corporation, Pulstec Industrial Co., Ltd., Ricoh Co., Ltd., ShibaSoku Co. Ltd., Sigma Designs Inc., Sonic Solutions, Sonopress LLC, ST Microelectronics, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Ulead Systems Inc., Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., Visionare Corporation and ZOOtech Ltd among others.
General Members: Almedio Inc., Alpine Electronics Inc., AMC Co. Ltd., ArcSoft Inc., Asahi Kasei Microsystems Co., Ltd., ATI Technologies Inc., Bandai VisualCo., Ltd., BenQ Corp., Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc., D&M holdings, Inc., Daewoo Electronics Corporation, Elpida Memory, Inc., ESS Technology Inc., Expert Magnetics Corp., Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Imation Corp, Infomedia Inc., Intersil Corporation, InterVideo Inc., Konica Minolta Opto Inc., Lead Data Inc., Leader Electronics Corp, LINTEC Corporation, Memorex Products Inc., Mitsui Chemicals Inc., Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Nan Ya Plastics Corp., NEXAPM Systems Technology Inc., NVIDIA Corp., Ono Sokki Co., Ltd., Opt Corporation, Ritek Corporation, SDI Media USA, Shinano Kenshi Co. Ltd., Sony BMG Entertainment, STEAG ETA-OPTIK GmbH, Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., TEAC Corporation, Teijin Chemicals Ltd., Toho Company, Ltd., Toppan Printing Co., TOPTICA Photonics AG, Ltd., Unaxis Balzer AG, Yamaha Corp. and Yokogawa Electric Corporation among others.
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www.blu-ray.com
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