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The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is the industry consortium that develops and licenses Blu-ray technology and is responsible for establishing format standards and promoting business opportunities for Blu-ray Disc. The BDA is divided into three levels of membership: the board of directors, contributors, and general members.
Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation (abbreviated TSST) is a former international joint venture company of Toshiba and Samsung Electronics (South Korea). Toshiba used to own 51% of its stock, while Samsung used to own the remaining 49%. The company specialized in optical disc drive manufacturing. The company was established in 2004.
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External Blu-ray Disc Rewriter and HD DVD-ROM drive with USB 2.0 2008/8/6 BE06LU10 LG: External USB2.0 Blu-ray Disc Rewriter, HD DVD Reader [65] BE06LU11 LG: External USB2.0 Blu-ray Disc Rewriter [66] HD DVD reader capability only by aftermarket crossflashing. [67] Xbox 360 add-on external HD DVD drive: Microsoft
[237] [238] [239] In addition, with the exception of some early models from LG and Samsung, Blu-ray players cannot play HD DVDs, and HD DVD players cannot play Blu-ray Discs. Some Blu-ray players can also play Video CDs, Super Audio CDs, and/or DVD-Audio discs. All Ultra HD Blu-ray players can play regular Blu-ray Discs, and most can play DVDs ...
BD-J allows for more sophisticated bonus content on Blu-ray Disc titles than standard DVD, including network access, picture-in-picture, and access to expanded local storage. Collectively, these features (other than internet access) are referred to as " Bonus View ", and the addition of internet access is called " BD Live ".
Technically Blu-ray Disc also required a thinner layer for the narrower beam and shorter wavelength 'blue' laser. [63] The first BD-ROM players (Samsung BD-P1000) were shipped in mid-June 2006. [64] The first Blu-ray Disc titles were released by Sony and MGM on June 20, 2006. [65]
For a typical feature film, these files will be anywhere between 90 GB and 300 GB of data (roughly two to six times the information of a Blu-ray disc) and may arrive as a physical delivery on a conventional computer hard drive or via satellite or fibre-optic broadband Internet. [34]