HISTORY OF THE DVD

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• A CHRONOLOGICAL LOOK AT HOW THE DVD HAS EVOLVED

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• 1994

• Hollywood ad hoc committee defined features for
  movies on 'CD' .

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• 1995

• Philips/Sony announce and demonstrate
  MMCDToshiba and Warner announce and demonstrate
  SD

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• DEC. 1995

• Agreement on a single standard format called DVD.

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• SEPT. 1996

• DVD-ROM and DVD-Video specifications version 1.0
  published

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• OCT. 1996

• Digital copy protection scheme agreed in outline

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• NOV. 1996

• First DVD-Video players sold in Tokyo

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• MARCH 1997

• Launch of DVD in seven cities in the USA

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• AUG. 1997

• DVD available across USA

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• OCT. 1997

• DVD Consortium becomes DVD Forum and expands
  membership

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• DEC. 1997

• First General DVD Forum Meeting - 120 members

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• FEB. 1998

• DVD-Video version 1.1 and DVD-ROM version 1.01
  specifications

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• MARCH 1998

• DVD Forum adopts DVD-RW as another re-writable
  format

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• MAY 1998

• Soft launch of DVD in Western EuropeDVD Forum
  announces 7 new members of DVD steering committee

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• JUNE 1998

• DVD Forum publishes DVD-Audio specification
  version 0.9

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• OCT. 1998

• Full launch of DVD in Europe1m DVD-Video players
  sold in USA

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• NOV. 1998

• 4.7 GB DVD-R and DVD-RAM version 1.9
  specifications released

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• 1999

• DVD-Audio (1.0), DVD-Video Recording (0.9 1.0),
  DVD-RW (0.9) and DVD-RAM (2.0) specifications
  published.

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• 2000

• CPPM copy protection for DVD-Audio agreed
• DVD-Audio players launched in USA (Jul)
• First DVD-Audio discs in USA (Nov)
• DVD-RW Part 2 (1.0), DVD-R for Authoring (2.0),
  DVD-R for General (2.0) and DVD Stream Recording
  (0.9) specifications published.

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HISTORY OF THE DVD

• 2001

• DVD-Audio players discs available in Europe and
  elsewhere
• DVD Video Recorders launched in Europe etc
• DVD-Multi (1.0), DVD Stream Recording (1.0),
  DVD-Audio (1.2) and DVD-Video Recording (1.1)
  specifications published.