Sony’s PS3 To Use Blu-ray Disc

6 Aug, 2004 at 8:25am ET Article published in Tech

Sony officials will use Blu-ray Disc technology in their next-generation console, most commonly referred to as the PlayStation 3.

Sony revealed its decision at a press conference in Tokyo this week held by the Blu-ray Disc Founders, an organization committed to developing and standardizing the next-generation optical disc format, the Kyodo News reported. The BDF also used the occasion to announce that it will finalize the specifications for the read-only version of Blu-ray Discs, or BD-ROMs, by Sept. 30.
Sony has been investing heavily in Blu-ray product development and was the first company to have a disc recorder on the market. Sony had previously hinted it might use the format in the PS3. Kiyoshi Nishitani, Sony’s Blu-ray Disc R&D division chief, commented in an interview with Asahi PC magazine in March that the company would like to establish ground in the Blu-ray Disc market by adopting BD-ROMs for its “home video game console.”

Source: c|net

Comments

6 Aug 2004 ~ 8:47am Necropolis hehehe, the swear filter strikes again ;D;D
6 Aug 2004 ~ 9:07am kanezfan lol do you think his name is Nish1tani or Nafnckani? rofl
6 Aug 2004 ~ 9:11am Necropolis I will take option "A" please bob ;D;D
6 Aug 2004 ~ 10:16am TheSmJ Uh oh, don't tell Thrax...
6 Aug 2004 ~ 12:57pm leishi85 no suprise there, Sony uses their own technology.
6 Aug 2004 ~ 1:58pm FormFactor Nobody else will use it. They cant let all that expensive R&D go to waste now can they?
7 Aug 2004 ~ 12:26pm EMT Mmmm... single layer 25GB. Perhaps BD-Rs will make DVD-Rs cheap like CD-Rs
9 Aug 2004 ~ 12:04am Thrax

TheSmJ wrote:

Uh oh, don't tell Thrax...

I already knew they would. Whatever floats sony's boat.