Following last month's rumors, first brought to light in the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun, Toshiba has finally applied for membership in the Blu-ray Disc Association. Although Toshiba has had access to Blue-ray optical drive technology for a number of years through a controlling interest in Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation, the company has never produced a Blu-ray device under its own name and has refused to join the Blu-ray Disc Association to do so. Now Toshiba is finally making it official with direct support of Blu-ray and players due out later this year.
Too bad this didn't happen three or four years ago.
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