If Warner renews its BDA membership in October, then...

[joeorc]

OK for all of you that do not know in order to be on the blu-ray Board of directors and the renew is in oct of each year. you have to pay out some money $50,000 +

http://www.blu-raydisc.info/spec_info/index.shtml



Supporting Companies
January 04, 2006
2006-01-04T00:00:00.0000000+01:00

The Blu-ray Disc Association has member companies from the consumer electronics (CE), information technology (IT), media and software industries. The lists below include current members as well as applicants.



For more information about the various membership levels and how to become a member, please refer to the the About Us section at the top of the screen.

Last updated: September 2007



Board of Directors
Apple, Inc.
Dell
HP
Hitachi
LG
Mitsubishi Electric
Panasonic
Pioneer
Philips
Samsung
Sharp
Sony
Sun Microsystems
TDK
Thomson
Twentieth Century Fox
Walt Disney
Warner Bros.

if there would be a switch it would be after OCT. 2007 and stepping down from the board of directors of THE BDA and not even a supporting company of the format. because that's when the companies renew their payment to the blu-ray consortium to be on the board of directors.so if after OCT 2007 they are still there on the BDA board of directors its in my OPINION safe to say at least for yet another year WB will still be backing the Blu-Ray format.

now this is in my OPINION and in no way shape or form OFFICIAL but if i was paying out $50,000+ a year to be on a board of directors. i sure would not do it ,if i did no see the format i was supporting was going to be a viable option as a format if i view it as a format that could not go anywhere. since i would view that as throwing money away.