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The following information is true and accurate at the time of publication.
May 20,2002
Disclosure of Specifications for Large Capacity Optical Disc Recording Format Utilizing Blue-Violet Laser "Blu-ray Disc" Begins
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Hitachi, Ltd.
LG Electronics Inc.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
PIONEER CORPORATION
Royal Philips Electronics
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
SHARP CORPORATION
Sony Corporation
THOMSON multimedia
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Tokyo Japan, May 20, 2002: Nine leading
companies today announced that they will start disclosing
specifications for a next generation large capacity optical
disc video recording format "Blu-ray Disc" on June 14 2002
on the conditions listed below in accordance with their
joint press conference of February 19, 2002. The companies
that would start disclosing specifications for the Blu-ray
Disc format are: Hitachi, Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., Matsushita
Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., PIONEER CORPORATION, Royal
Philips Electronics, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SHARP
CORPORATION, Sony Corporation, and THOMSON multimedia. The
nine companies will be called "Blu-ray Disc Founders", and
they will pursue a broad acceptance of the "Blu-ray Disc"
format.
The initial aim of the disclosure is to study specifications
in time for the targeted start of licensing scheduled around
the end of June for the development and manufacturing of
products based on the Blu-ray Disc format. With regard to
the disclosure, an interested party will be asked to complete
the information agreement, and the disclosure of specifications
will be processed on the following conditions.
Conditions of Specifications Disclosure
1. Agreement
Completion of the information agreement for Disclosure of
Specifications Purpose of information agreement:
Recipients may conduct internal evaluation to explore the
feasibility of future development and/or manufacture of
products using Blu-ray Disc Standard Specifications.
2. Specifications Subject to Disclosure (Version 1.0)
System Description Rewritable Format part1 Basic Format
Specifications
System Description Rewritable Format part2 File System Specifications
System Description Rewritable Format part3 Audio Visual Basic Specifications
3. Cost of Specifications Disclosure
A set of the aforementioned specifications costs US$ 5,000.
After a completion of the information agreement, specifications
will be distributed in print.
Inquiries regarding the disclosure of specifications
should be directed to:
Royal Philips Electronics
Intellectual Property and Standards
Business Support
Building SFF-8
P.O.Box 80002
5600JB Eindhoven
The Netherlands
fax +31402732113
http://www.licensing.philips.com
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