"The Blu-ray standard was jointly developed by a group of consumer electronics and PC companies called the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), spearheaded by Sony."
"The first Blu-ray recorder was unveiled by Sony on March 3, 2003."
Most people reference it as follows "With Toshiba being the primary promoter of the HD DVD in the battle against Sony's Blu-ray technology..."-
http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/01/21/to...ray/index.html
I think I can safely call Blu-ray a Sony product.
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