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windbane on 14 June 2007
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rocketpig said:
windbane said:

*sigh*

CDs were "proprietary" until Sony and Phillips introduced them. Yeah, that's right, CDs are more of a Sony format than blu-ray. I think those worked out well. What was that cool device that used CDs? Oh yeah, the Playstation 1.

DVDs weren't widely adopted until...what was that thing called...oh yeah, the Playstation 2.

Uh, no. While Sony had a hand in Blu-Ray, Phillips was the real driving force whereas Blu-Ray is completely Sony.

And DVDs were widely adopted before the PS2, unless you consider 25m players sold in the US "not widely adopted". I'm sick and tired of that myth. DVDs were well on their way to dominance before the PS2 even released.


The Blu-ray Disc Association

The Blu-ray Disc Association is the industry consortium that develops and licenses Blu-ray Disc technology. This group has three levels of membership: the Board of Directors, the Contributors and the General Members. [1]

[edit] Board of Directors

The Blu-ray Disc Association website describes the role of the Board of Directors as follows [1]:

"Companies participating in the Board of Directors are active participants of the format creation and key BDA activities. They are selected from the Contributors by election. The board sets an overall strategy and approves key issues. A board member can participate in all activities and attend all meetings. The Blu-ray Disc Founder companies will make up the initial Board of Directors. Annual fee: $ 50,000"

The current 18 board members (as of 09/12/2006) are [2]:

[edit] Contributors