The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is an organization founded in 2003 to promote the Blu-ray Disc format as a successor to the current DVD technology. While DVD has been a huge success on the world stage, the current transition to high definition video technology requires a format with higher storage capacity. The Blu-ray Disc Association was set up as a kind of contrast to the DVD Forum which oversees the DVD format specifications and has backed the HD DVD format (Blu-ray's main rival) to replace DVD technology.
Nine Electronics companies originally founded the BDA in 2002. The companies included Hitachi, LG Electronics, Matsushita Industrial Electric Co., Phillips, Pioneer, Samsung, Sharp, Sony and Thompson. Since then the Blu-ray Disc Association and supports has grown to over 170 companies worldwide. The BDA is split up into a Board of Directors, Members and Contributors. Here are the latest lists...
Blu-ray Disc Association Board Members as of September 2007 are..
- Apple, Inc.
- Dell
- HP
- Hitachi
- LG
- Mitsubishi Electric
- Panasonic
- Pioneer
- Philips
- Samsung
- Sharp
- Sony
- Sun Microsystems
- TDK
- Thomson
- Twentieth Century Fox
- Walt Disney
- Warner Bros
- Adobe Systems
- Alpine Electronics Inc.
- Arima Devices Corporation
- ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG
- Atmel Corporation
- Avid Development GmbH
- BASF AG
- B.H.A. Corporation
- Bose Corporation
- B&W Group
- The Cannery
- Cheertek Inc.
- Cinram Manufacturing Inc.
- CustomFlix Labs, Inc.
- Custom Technology Inc.
- D&M holdings, Inc.
- Daewoo Electronics Corporation
- Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Eclipse Data Technologies
- Elpida Memory, Inc.
- Expert Magnetics Corp.
- Falcon Technologies International
- Fujitsu Ten Ltd.
- GalleryPlayer Media Networks
- Gear Software
- Global Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Hie Electronics, Inc.
- Hoei Sangyo Co., Ltd
- Horizon Semiconductor.
- IMAGICA Corp.
- INFODISC Technology Co., Ltd.
- Infomedia Inc.
- Intersil Corporation
- Iwatsu Test Instruments
- Kobe Steel Co. Ltd.
- Konica Minolta Opto Inc.
- Lauda Co. Ltd.
- Lead Data Inc.
- LEADER ELECTRONICS CORP
- Linn Products Ltd.
- LINTEC Corporation
- M2 Engineering AB
- MainConcept AG
- Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
- Must Technology Co., Ltd.
- MX Production Services
- NEC Personal Products Ltd.
- Netflix Inc.
- Newtech Infosystems Inc.
- NexWave Solutions
- 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
- Optodisc Technology Corporation
- Origin Electric Co., Ltd.
- Osmosys SA
- Pico House
- Plannet Associates
- PoINT Software & Systems GmbH
- Pony Canyon Enterprise
- Primera Technology, Inc.
- Q-TEC, Inc.
- Quanta Storage Inc.
- Rimage Corporation
- Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
- Dr. Schwab Inspection Technology GmbH
- Singulus Technologies
- Targray Technology International Inc.
- TEAC Corporation
- Teijin Chemicals Ltd.
- Texas Instruments, Inc.
- THX Ltd.
- Toei Video Company Ltd.
- Toho Company, Ltd.
- Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
- TOPTICA Photonics AG
- Trailer Park
- UmeDisc Ltd.
- Universal Music Group, Inc.
- VideACE Inc.
- Yamaha Corporation
- Yokogawa Electric Corporation
- 1K Studios, LLC
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Almedio Inc.
- Alticast
- Aplix Corporation
- ArcSoft, Inc.
- AudioDev AB
- Broadcom Corporation
- Canon Inc.
- China Hualu Group Co., Ltd.
- CMC Magnetics Corporation
- Coding Technologies GmbH
- Corel Corporation
- Cryptography Research Inc.
- CyberLink Corp.
- DATARIUS Technologies GmbH
- Daxon Technology Inc.
- D-Box Technologies Inc.
- DCA Inc.
- Deluxe Media Services Inc.
- Dolby Laboratories Inc.
- DTS, Inc.
- Esmertec
- FUJIFILM Corporation
- Fujitsu Ltd.
- Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
- Gibson Guitar Corp.
- Imation Corp.
- Kenwood Corporation
- Lenovo
- Lionsgate Entertainment
- LITE-ON IT Corporation
- LSI Logic
- MediaTek Inc.
- Meridian Audio Ltd.
- Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co.Ltd.
- Mitsui Chemicals Inc
- Monster Cable Products
- Moser Baer India Limited
- NEC Electronics Corporation
- Nero
- Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Pixela Corporation
- Prodisc Technology Inc.
- Pulstec Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Ricoh Co., Ltd.
- Ritek Corporation
- ShibaSoku Co. Ltd.
- Sigma Designs Inc.
- Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation
- Sonic Solutions
- Sonopress
- Sony BMG Music Entertainment
- ST Microelectronics
- Sunext
- Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.,
- Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
- Visionare Corporation
- Zentek Technology Japan, Inc.
- ZOOtech Ltd.
- Zoran Corporation
