As expected, Sony´s subsidiaries Sony Pictures Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have both announced support for the Blu-ray Disc format.
On October 3, 2004 20th Century Fox announced that it was joining the BDA, and on July 29, 2005 the studio officially announced its support for Blu-ray.
On December 8, 2004 The Walt Disney Company (and its home video division, Buena Vista Home Entertainment) announced its non-exclusive support for Blu-ray.
On January 7, 2005 Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) and Electronic Arts (EA Games) announced their support for the Blu-ray Disc format.
On March 10, 2005 Apple Computer announced its support for Blu-ray and joined the BDA.
On August 17, 2005 Lions Gate Home Entertainment announced it would release its content using the Blu-ray disc format.
On September 7, 2005 Samsung confirmed their next-generation of optical drives will support Blu-Ray and HD-DVD discs.
On October 2, 2005 Paramount announced they would endorse Blu-ray, while still supplying content on the rival HD-DVD -- in order to give consumers a choice.
On October 20, 2005 Warner Bros. announced they would release titles on the Blu-ray format, in addition to HD-DVD Video. [17] [18] Of the six largest Hollywood studios, this leaves only Universal Studios supporting HD-DVD exclusively.
On November 9, 2005 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announced it would support Blu-ray Disc, and plans to have titles available when Blu-ray Disc is launched. [19]
On November 19, 2005, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announced that they finished editing the first Blu-ray Disc, a full-length movie, Charlie´s Angels: Full Throttle. The disc uses MPEG-2 compression at a resolution of 1920 × 1080 (it was not announced which whether it will be 1080p or 1080i) and claims to use a menu interface that would succeed current DVD-Video interfaces. [20]
On January 5, 2006, the Consumer Electronics Show displayed Blu-ray movie titles with the 1080p logo on the case.[21]
On January 12, 2006 Digital Playground, a prominent pornographic movie studio, announced it would release its content using the Blu-ray disc format. [22]
On April 3, 2006 Blueray, an Italian videoproduction company, announced it would release its content using the Blu-ray disc format. [23]
On April 10, 2006 TDK announced in a press release that it began shipping 25 GB BD-R and BD-RE media (at prices of $19.99 USD and $24.99 USD respectively). TDK also announced that it would be releasing 50 GB BD-R and BD-RE media later this year (at prices of $47.99 USD and $59.99 respectively). [24]
On May 16, 2006 Sony announced its first VAIO notebook computer that will include a built-in Blu-ray burner with a 17" WUXGA display capable of displaying 1080p (at a price of $3499.99 USD). The VAIO is expected to ship in June. [25]
On May 17, 2006 Pioneer shipped PC-based Blu-ray burner drives.[26]
The BDA has over 170 members. Its Board of Directors consists of representatives from Apple Computer Corp.; Dell, Inc.; Hewlett Packard Company; Hitachi, Ltd.; LG Electronics Inc.; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; Panasonic (Matsushita Electric); Pioneer Corporation; Royal Philips Electronics; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Sharp Corporation; Sony Corporation; TDK Corporation; Thomson; Twentieth Century Fox; Walt Disney Pictures and Television; Warner Bros. Entertainment.
Rien que la FOX dans le lot donne un petit indice.
Je dis pas que c´est une bonne chose que les faiseurs d´opinion s´en mèlent, mais ce débat HD-DVD ou BR? Est très passionnant, mais déjà fini.
Possédée par Sony) et un tel soutien ne peut augurer que du bon pour le BR, qui ne s´imposera peut-être pas tout de suite, mais qui s´imposera quand même.
