Bluuu-Ray

[Midnight's Creed]

http://www.blu-raydisc.com/general_i...009/Index.html

Supporting Companies

The Blu-ray Disc Association has member companies from the consumer electronics (CE), information technology (IT), media and software industries. The lists below include current members as well as applicants.



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Board of Directors
Apple
Dell
HP
Hitachi
LG
Mitsubishi Electric
Panasonic
Pioneer
Philips
Samsung
Sharp
Sony
Sun Microsystems
TDK
Thomson
Twentieth Century Fox
Walt Disney
Warner Bros.



Contributors

Adobe Systems
Almedio Inc.
Alticast
Aplix Corporation
ArcSoft, Inc.
ATI Technologies Inc.
Atmel Corporation
AudioDev AB
Broadcom Corporation
Canon Inc.
CMC Magnetics Corporation
Coding Technologies GmbH
Cryptography Research Inc.
CyberLink Corp.
DATARIUS Technologies GmbH
DCA Inc.
Deluxe Media Services Inc.
Dolby Laboratories Inc.
DTS, Inc.
Electronic Arts Inc.
Esmertec
Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.
Fujitsu Ltd.
Gibson Guitar Corp.
Horizon Semiconductor
Imation Corp.
InterVideo Inc.
Kenwood Corporation
Lionsgate Entertainment
LITE-ON IT Corporation
LSI Logic
MediaTek Inc.
Meridian Audio Ltd.
Metta Technology
Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co.Ltd.
Mitsui Chemicals Inc.
Moser Baer India Limited
NEC Electronics Corporation
Nero
Optodisc Technology Corporation
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Pixela Corporation
Prodisc Technology Inc.
Pulstec Industrial Co., Ltd.
Ricoh Co., Ltd.
Ritek Corporation
ShibaSoku Co. Ltd.
Sigma Designs Inc.
Sonic Solutions
Sonopress
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
ST Microelectronics
Sunext
Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.,
Texas Instruments, Inc.
Universal Music Group
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
Visionare Corporation
Zentek Technology Japan, Inc.
ZOOtech Ltd.
Zoran Corporation



Members

Alpine Electronics Inc.
Asahi Kasei Microsystems Co., Ltd.
ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG
Bandai Visual Co. Ltd.
BASF AG
Basler Vision Technologies
BenQ Corporation
B.H.A. Corporation
Bose Corporation
B&W Group
The Cannery
Cheertek Inc.
Cinram Manufacturing Inc.
D&M holdings, Inc.
Daewoo Electronics Corporation
Daikin Industries, Ltd.
Daxon Technology Inc.
Degussa
Eclipse Data Technologies
Elpida Memory, Inc.
ESS Technology Inc.
Expert Magnetics Corp.
Fujitsu Ten Ltd.
Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
GalleryPlayer Media Networks
Gear Software
Hie Electronics, Inc.
Hoei Sangyo Co., Ltd.
IMAGICA Corp.
INFODISC Technology Co., Ltd.
Infomedia Inc.
Intersil Corporation
Kadokawa Holdings Inc.
Kaleidescape, Inc.
Kitano Co., Ltd.
Konica Minolta Opto Inc.
Laser Pacific Media Corp.
Lauda Co. Ltd.
Lead Data Inc.
LEADER ELECTRONICS CORP
Lenovo
Linn Products Ltd.
LINTEC Corporation
M2 Engineering AB
MainConcept AG
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
Must Technology Co., Ltd.
MX Entertainment
Netflix Inc.
Newtech Infosystems Inc.
NEXAPM Systems Technology Inc.
Nichia Corporation
Nikkatsu Corporation
NTT Electronics Corporation
nVidia Corporation
OC Oerlikon Balzer AG
Omnibus Japan Inc.
Onkyo Corporation
Online Media Technologies Ltd.
Ono Sokki Co., Ltd.
OPT Corporation
Orbit Corp.
Origin Electric Co., Ltd.
Osmosys SA
Pinnacle Systems
PoINT Software & Systems GmbH
Pony Canyon Enterprise
PowerFile
Primera Technology, Inc.
Quanta Storage Inc.
Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Rimage Corporation
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
Dr. Schwab Inspection Technology GmbH
Shinano Kenshi Co. Ltd.
Singulus Technologies
STEAG ETA-OPTIK GmbH
Sumitomo Bakelite
Tao Group Limited
Targray Technology International Inc.
TEAC Corporation
Teijin Chemicals Ltd.
THX Ltd.
Toei Video Company Ltd.
Toho Company, Ltd.
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
TOPTICA Photonics AG
Trailer Park
UmeDisc Ltd.
Vivendi Universal Games
Yamaha Corporation
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
1K Studios, LLC


Just had to show you guys

[Azure]

Thats a lot more than I thought it would be....

[icantwaitmuchlonger]

You know, at first, I doubted blu ray would win the format war because hd dvd had the "dvd" name, and it was cheaper. But lately, I've been realizing that it appears Blu Ray is leading, which, as a ps3 owner, is very good news.

[danman227460]

oO thats a long list. I have to add that SOME companies wanted both formats supported which is doable. Any companies on there that is supporting HD DVD?

[The Hawk]

I don't have the list on hand, but there are plenty of the big movie compaines on there supporting both.

[jfiman14]

Apple=Instant win. Well, for me at least. I will support Blu-Ray just because they are (I know that sounds pretty bad, but I'm just a huge Apple fan...)

[Johnny]

make a equal HD DVD list please

[Uncool]

@Mr Creed, have you checked the sales figures as well? I think besides support, sales is in important thing.

[ih8dumppl]

Yes I would also like to see an HD DVD list. Where does Disney stand? And I keep hearing that it matters a whole lot what the porn industry ends up using, no joke.

[Midnight's Creed]

I can't find any lists of companies supporting HD-DVD. They don't even have an official site up yet so...

[Ixion]

I wish Universal and New Line Cinema supported Blu-ray. A lot of my favorite movies were made by them. But oh well.....

[Midnight's Creed]

About the sales:

HD-DVD is leading Blu-Ray but it seems the recent sales have been encouraging for Blu-Ray Movies

http://www.highdefdigest.com/tags/show/Disc_Sales

[Midnight's Creed]

I also find a site dedicated to the next gen movie plat wars:

http://www.thedvdwars.com/index.cfm

I don't fully understand the charts but I hope it helps

[bnolan56]

who cares they are both good formats, just buy either one, im sure a blu-ray player can play hd-dvd right?

[Uncool]

^^^ Maybe if there was a hybrid (I believe there is but none I know of).

[danman227460]

who cares they are both good formats, just buy either one, im sure a blu-ray player can play hd-dvd right?

No they can not, each has its own special codecs and what not to run. Some companies actually wanted both formats to be supported for future players so there would be no one left behind incase one does win while the other flops. Right now HD DVD is the current sales leader with two factors: the low cost of a player (499 compared to Blu Ray at 999) and more titles. This will change in the coming months as people get more PS3's and notice Blu Ray movies.

About hybrids: there is currently only hybrid DVD and HD DVD. A hybird will not exist for HD DVD and Blu Ray because pretty much the lines are divided. Some like HD DVD while some like Blu Ray. Some companies wanted both while some were told to choose one. Later on to save face, some companies might decide to do a hybrid if they are allowed.

[Sunfox]

Yeah, every time a company has come out and stated their intention to build a hybrid machine they've had to later retract the statement (ie, LG).

[kuku]

Actually dispite the fact that HD-"DVD" has the DVD in it, most of the board of directors for BR are also from DVD.

So BR is the true sucessor to DVD in terms of movement. This is why earily on most companies aligned with BR because they hold the same pulls as DVD.

How well this works out we won't know for a while, but about a 3rd of them are playing both fields, but the biggest hitters ie Sony entertainment are behind BR.

[Johnny]

THEY BOTH USE THE SAME CODECS for god sakes get your FACTS straight............. one reads the disc different from the other one. since the structure of the disc is different

[Syd Barrett]

Blu-Ray players DO NOT play HD-DVD. some manufacturers have hinted they may work on a hybrid player though.

HD-DVD does have an official site
http://www.thelookandsoundofperfect.com/

Disney's on the Blu-Ray Board of Directors......so I think we all know where they stand.

as far as who will win, sales and all that......too early in the game.

Sales-wise, HD-DVD should be in the lead.....they got about a 6 month headstart on BR.

The two keys, IMO, are software titles (movies) and storage capacity (as it relates to viability for storage, not application to movies and gaming).

Right now, there are more HD-DVD titles out there, but the available catalog for BR movies is larger. Warner and Paramount are the two biggest dogs playing both sides of the fence. Universal is HD only.....no BR for them. on the other side, you've got Disney (which includes a host of studios underneath them like Miramax, Buena Vista) and Sony (which is Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures, MGM and UA). TWO mammoth libraries. What's more interesting, Warner and Paramount were HD-DVD exclusive.....then months ago, straddled both sides. I think they saw the writing on the wall.

Supply = demand. If there are more titles available on BR, logic should follow that they will win out in the end.

the other side of BR, is what it means merely as a disc for high capacity fixed storage. Why do you think there are so many computer companies like Apple lined up with BR? more spacious storage now........period.

as a web/flash professional, knowing that the BR tech is out there, with 50GB storage on one disc.....that sounds more appealing than 30GB that HD-DVD could offer as storage. now i can offload uncompressed video from RAIDs and other mass storage onto one disc.

those, i think, are the real reasons BR will win.

[The_One]

oO thats a long list. I have to add that SOME companies wanted both formats supported which is doable. Any companies on there that is supporting HD DVD?

Yes. Quite a bit of the companies up there also support HD-DVD. I believe Disney is one of the big ones (so its Warner Bros.). I could be wrong on both accounts, though--I'm not a sucker for "HD" movies, and I don't follow up on these kind of stuff .

[MagzStrife]

The HD-DVD official website sounds like panzy.

[iobuffa]

Yes. Quite a bit of the companies up there also support HD-DVD. I believe Disney is one of the big ones (so its Warner Bros.). I could be wrong on both accounts, though--I'm not a sucker for "HD" movies, and I don't follow up on these kind of stuff .

According to OP, Disney and Warner Bros. are on the board of directors for BluRay.

[VG Aficionado]

Yes. Quite a bit of the companies up there also support HD-DVD. I believe Disney is one of the big ones (so its Warner Bros.). I could be wrong on both accounts, though--I'm not a sucker for "HD" movies, and I don't follow up on these kind of stuff .

Disney certainly does NOT support HD-DVD.

Here's something from blu-ray.com forum, list of top grossing films of 2006 (updated)

1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV
2 Cars BV
3 X-Men: The Last Stand Fox
4 The Da Vinci Code Sony
5 Superman Returns WB
6 Ice Age: The Meltdown Fox
7 Over the Hedge P/DW
8 Casino Royale Sony/MGM (still climbing)
9 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Sony
10 Click SonR

I thought this was kind of interesting.... These are the top 10 movies by gross for 2006.
BD exclusive studios 80%
HD-DVD exclusive studio 0% (shameful!)
Nuetral studios 20%

Overall on BD 100%
Overall on HD-DVD 20%

By content alone, I don't see how HD-DVD will be able to compete once Blu-ray is spread with PS3. Blu-ray has way more exclusive content while HD-DVD doesn't even have any exclusivity at all on the top grossing movies of 2006. And no gaming content whatsoever.

[REFLEX]

I dont support one or the other, I just like movies so I have the HD DVD Player and the Blu Ray........ I buy both HD DVD and Blu Ray movies.

I love this stuff.

HD DVD has a bit of a hard time this Christmas because their players released from earlier this year are very VERY hard to find brand new in stores. They were sold out in the last few months (they didnt make that many to begin with). I was lucky to grab the last one in any store in my city. The HDA1 and the HDX1 are pretty much outta the loop. Toshiba was supposed to release the A2 and the X2 players late last month but then got pushed back because some parts of their new players didnt pass inspection. So now they arent due out till right around or right after Christmas. The only HD DVD player youll be able to get is the 360 add on, and well..... while it is a good quality player a lot of people are discouraged because it doesnt support HDMI, and most people dont want to buy a 360 JUST for the HD DVD add on.

While I just opted for the stand alone Toshiba HD A1 player, most people do not have that option anymore and this Christmas Blu-Ray has a good chance to get things rolling. Who knows though, we cannot tell the future.

Like I said.... I buy both and I enjoy it.