Toshiba finished the HD DVD business finally officially announces entry to Blu-ray

Following the rapid growth of the market,The possibility of entering the Blu-ray business within the year was mentioned ToshibaHowever, it is officially announced that it will finally enter the Blu-ray business.

It seems to release products that correspond to Blu-ray to Medo within the year.

Details are as below.
Toshiba: News Releases (2009 - 08 - 10): About Application for Accession to Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA)

According to this release, Toshiba Corp. has filed an application for accession to the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) which will consider and formulate the Blu-ray disc standard today.

Toshiba has been trying to develop digital devices compatible with recording media such as HDDs, SD memory cards, and DVDs, but in addition to the recent expansion of the device market compliant with Blu-ray standards, Based on comprehensive consideration of distribution and user's needs, we applied for accession to BDA, judging that related information is necessary to promote commercialization of devices compatible with the Blu-ray standard as one of recording media And that.

For products that comply with the Blu-ray standard, we are aiming for the release of Blu-ray players and notebook computers with Blu-ray drives to Medo within the year, and as soon as the details of the specific products and the release area etc. are determined I am trying to announce it.