Blu-ray memorabilia
On February 9, 2002, Blu-rayDiscFounders, the predecessor of Blu-ray Disc Association, was established, and the Blu-ray Disc format specification was officially launched. In February 2003, the Blu-ray Disc Working Group began to provide a new generation of optical disc specifications-Blu-ray Disc technology license. In April 2003, Sony launched the world's first Blu-ray Disc Video Recorder in Japan. On May 18, 2004, in order to highlight the principle of openness of the association, Blu-rayDiscFounders was officially renamed Blu-rayDiscAssociation. At the beginning of 2006, Blu-ray disc players were sold all over the world. In June, 2006, Blu-ray Disc Association released Blu-ray Disc related products at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). On July 9, 2006, BenQ took the lead in launching its Blu-ray Disc Drive product BR 1000 in China market. On June 65438+1October 65438+April 2006, Sony launched the world's first laptop "VAIOA" series with Blu-ray disc player. On June/KOOC-0/65438+/KOOC-0/October/KOOC-0/KOOC-0/day, 2006, Sony Computer Entertainment Company (SCE) began to sell the next-generation game console "PlayStation3" with Blu-ray disc player in Japan. In August 2007, China Lu Hua Group formally proposed to Blu-ray Disc Association, hoping to integrate DRA technology independently developed by China into the audio standard of Blu-ray Disc. On August 24th, 2007, Pioneer Company officially listed the Blu-ray player BDP-LX70 in China. On September 1, 2007, Blu-ray Disc Association announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (IFA) in Berlin, Germany that Blu-ray Disc has occupied 90% of the Japanese next-generation disc market, and the sales volume of Blu-ray Disc in Europe has been ahead of that of HD DVD 3: 1, and more than 66% of the American next-generation disc market has been occupied by Blu-ray Disc. At the end of 2007, Sony launched the first HD player BDP-S300/BM with Blu-ray DVD in China. June 4, 2008, 65438, Werner Bruce. Entertainment said that it only supports Blu-ray Disc as the disc format. On June 5th, 2008, NewLineCinema, a subsidiary of time warner Inc. Company, expressed its support for Blu-ray. On June 9th, 2008, HBO, another subsidiary of time warner Inc. Company, also indicated that it would support the release of Blu-ray Disc. 65438+20081October 28th, WoolworthsGroupPLC announced that from now on, all stores in the UK will only sell Blu-ray discs. On February 1 1, 2008, BestBuy, a large American chain retailer, announced that all its stores would begin to fully support Blu-ray disc players, DVDs and related products. On the same day, online video store Netflix made the same decision. On February 15, 2008, Wal-Mart, the largest chain retailer in the United States, announced that all stores would only sell Blu-ray discs, video discs and related products from June. On February 19, 2008, Atsutoshi Nishida, president of Toshiba, announced that the company had decided to stop the development of all HDDVD players and recorders, and immediately stopped the production of HDDVD players for computers and games. With the withdrawal of HDDVD leader, the dispute over the format of the next generation optical disc, which lasted for many years, officially came to an end, and finally Blu-ray disc won. In July, 2008, Beijing Cisse Technology Co., Ltd. (CESI) was designated as the first Blu-ray disc product testing center in China, which provided the Blu-ray disc manufacturers in China with the choice of testing products in China. On June 20, 2009, Shanghai Xinsuo Music Co., Ltd. established a Blu-ray disc reproduction production line. It is estimated that the monthly production capacity of Blu-ray discs will reach 500,000. On March 18, 2009, Blu-ray Disc Association, China Lu Hua Group and Guangzhou Guangsheng Digital Technology Co., Ltd. jointly announced in Beijing that DRA (Digital Audio Codec) technology has been written into BD-ROM version 2.3 as an optional encoding and decoding technology for Blu-ray Disc format. In July 2009, 25 manufacturers in China were authorized by FLLA (Blu-ray Disc Format and Logo License Agreement). On August 10, 2009, Toshiba applied to join the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). On September 2nd, 2009, Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) announced the plan to integrate 3D technology into Blu-ray Disc (BD) format. September 20 13 13, the disc manufacturer Singulus announced that a Blu-ray disc with a capacity of 100GB has been released for storing 4K content.