Panasonic conducts all of its Blu-ray activities, from basic technical development to product development and manufacturing, as an integrated, in-house process. Many of the resulting technologies are patented, and many "black box" technologies are involved.

We have also won considerable acclaim and a reputation for reliability for the image compression technologies and related know-how that we accumulated through our advancement of optical discs. These technologies are now helping to produce high-quality images for movies and other applications. Our technical departments have joined forces with the intellectual property and legal departments at our head office in a wide variety of activities aimed at promoting BD standards, including the verification of BD-compliant equipment and active participation in the Blu-ray Disc Association.

Panasonic's Blu-ray technical development and production bases are presented here.

Software Development Support (Authoring Service)

• Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory, Hollywood, USA
  Go to the PHL introduction page.
• Panasonic Digital Soft Lab, Tokyo, Japan
• Panasonic DVD Authoring Center, Tokyo, Japan
• Panasonic Authoring Center Roppongi (PACR)
  Go to the PACR introduction page.

Basic Technology Development, Promotion of BD Standards

- Storage Devices Business and Alliance Development Office
- Platform Development Center
- AV Core Technology Development Center
- Standard Collaboration Office