Blu-ray Disc Founders Approve BD-ROM Physical Specification

The Blu-ray Disc Founders (BDF) have approved Version 1.0 of the BD-ROM physical-format specification and made it available to disc manufacturers and other interested parties. The BDF approved the BD-ROM physical specification within the general timeframe originally outlined in the BD-ROM development roadmap. The completion of the physical specification is an important step because it provides disc manufacturers with the information they need to prepare their BD-ROM disc production lines.

"Blu-ray Disc (BD) is on schedule for companies to introduce BD-ROM players, drives and prerecorded software to consumers beginning in late 2005," said Maureen Weber, general manager of HP's Optical Storage Solutions Business.