Blu-ray Gains Support from HP and Dell

The Blu-ray Disc Founders (BDF) welcome the support from Hewlett-Packard Company and Dell Inc., the two largest PC manufacturers, underlining the true convergence between consumer electronics and IT industry, enabled by Blu-ray Disc. The support from HP and Dell is an important step in providing the industry and consumers with one format that covers both PC as well as consumer electronics applications. In addition, the Blu-ray Disc Founders are in the process of finalizing the complete format specifications portfolio.

The BD-ROM (read-only) format, developed in collaboration with Hollywood studios and the IT industry, is expected to be available early 2004, allowing for BD-ROM products to be available by the end of 2005. The BD-R (recordable) format is expected to be finalized by mid 2004, and the BD-RE (rewritable) format, which is already available, will be further expanded to cover additional requirements of the related industries.