14 DAY TRIAL // It appears that the means of storing and enjoying multimedia files known as Blu-ray has become so widespread that electronics capable of reading such disks have now gone, in sales, beyond 115 million.
The Blu-ray disk was introduced by Sony back in 2006, after which is quickly became a favorite for storing and selling high-definition films.
Since then, movies recorded on Blu-ray disks exceeded 1.5 billion units, though, of course, such a performance would not have been possible without sufficient support on part of the rest of the industry.
As such, makers of hardware, especially multimedia-oriented electronics, have been quite eager to sell Blu-ray capable products.
So far, such equipment has actually exceeded 115 million sales, something that led to Panasonic Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, Sony Corporation, and TDK Corporation receiving the 62nd annual technology & engineering Emmy award.
It was these IT players that developed the blue laser optical systems and the award will be given during the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
Since 2006, about 188 million Blu-ray recordable/rewritable disks were sold, as well as 50 million Blu-ray players and recorders.
To this are added more than 25 million Blu-ray PC readers and writers, as well as 41 million PlayStation 3 Game consoles.
“Sony began development of blue laser optical technology in the late 1990s, realized the world's first high definition recording on 20GB optical media by using blue-violet laser, and has contributed greatly to the continuous development of the Blu-ray disc format and the business by releasing a wide variety of Blu-ray disc devices,” said Jun Yonemitsu, chief distinguished researcher and deputy senior general manager of home entertainment development division at Sony Corp.
What remains to be seen is how this market progresses now that the BDXL specification, which defines disks of 100 GB or 128 GB, has kicked off.