Who developed Blu-ray?
The format was developed by the Blu-ray Disc Founders (BDF), a group of eleven leading consumer electronics companies: Hitachi, Ltd. LG Electronics Inc. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Pioneer Corporation Royal Philips Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Sharp Corporation Sony Corporation TDK Corporation Thomson Multimedia In January 2004, the world’s two largest PC manufacturers, HP and Dell, were accepted into the group to help further develop the format for PC data storage. The group is currently re-incorporating itself into the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), which will be open to companies that wish to help develop, promote and establish Blu-ray as an industry standard for high-definition optical storage.
