Blu-ray Disc Specification v1.0 Released
Posted May 20, 2002 12:00 AM by Marwin
The Blu-ray Disc Founders today announced that they will release the
specification for the next-generation large capacity optical disc video
recording format "Blu-ray Disc" on June 14, 2002 in accordance with their joint
press conference of February 19, 2002. The nine companies (Hitachi, LG
Electronics, Matsushita, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony and Thomson)
will together pursue broad acceptance of the "Blu-ray Disc" format.
The initial aim of the disclosure is to study specifications in time for the
targeted start of licensing scheduled around the end of June for the
development and manufacturing of products based on the Blu-ray Disc
format.