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HISTORY OF THE DVD. A CHRONOLOGICAL LOOK AT HOW THE DVD HAS EVOLVED. 1994. HISTORY OF THE DVD. Hollywood ad hoc committee defined features for movies on 'CD' . HISTORY OF THE DVD. 1995. Philips/Sony announce and demonstrate MMCD Toshiba and Warner announce and demonstrate SD.
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HISTORY OF THE DVD A CHRONOLOGICAL LOOK AT HOW THE DVD HAS EVOLVED
1994 HISTORY OF THE DVD Hollywood ad hoc committee defined features for movies on 'CD' .
HISTORY OF THE DVD • 1995 Philips/Sony announce and demonstrate MMCDToshiba and Warner announce and demonstrate SD
HISTORY OF THE DVD • DEC. 1995 Agreement on a single standard format called DVD.
HISTORY OF THE DVD • SEPT. 1996 DVD-ROM and DVD-Video specifications version 1.0 published
HISTORY OF THE DVD • OCT. 1996 Digital copy protection scheme agreed in outline
HISTORY OF THE DVD • NOV. 1996 First DVD-Video players sold in Tokyo
HISTORY OF THE DVD • MARCH 1997 Launch of DVD in seven cities in the USA
HISTORY OF THE DVD • AUG. 1997 DVD available across USA
HISTORY OF THE DVD • OCT. 1997 DVD Consortium becomes DVD Forum and expands membership
HISTORY OF THE DVD • DEC. 1997 First General DVD Forum Meeting - 120 members
HISTORY OF THE DVD • FEB. 1998 DVD-Video version 1.1 and DVD-ROM version 1.01 specifications
HISTORY OF THE DVD • MARCH 1998 DVD Forum adopts DVD-RW as another re-writable format
HISTORY OF THE DVD • MAY 1998 Soft launch of DVD in Western EuropeDVD Forum announces 7 new members of DVD steering committee
HISTORY OF THE DVD • JUNE 1998 DVD Forum publishes DVD-Audio specification version 0.9
HISTORY OF THE DVD • OCT. 1998 Full launch of DVD in Europe1m DVD-Video players sold in USA
HISTORY OF THE DVD • NOV. 1998 4.7 GB DVD-R and DVD-RAM version 1.9 specifications released
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.
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.
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.