Digital Video - DVD
1995-01-24 Manufacturers
and Entertainment Companies Propose High Density Optical Disc Specifications
1995-02-27 Toshiba
Supports Digital Video Disc Business with New Organization
1995-03-14 First public
demonstration of dual-layer CD technology by Sony and Philips
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1995-04-27 Super Density
DVD Alliance Adopts 9 Gigabyte Matsushita Technology as Extension of SD Platform
1995-05-03 Requirements
For Future High-Capacity Compact-Disc Format Announced By Computer Industry
1995-09-15 Sony embraces
new high density CD
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1995-09-25 OSTA Accepts
Industry-Wide Charter To Develop Universal Disc Format For High-Density CD
1995-12-08 High-density
format group adopts digital video disc as name of new technology
1996-01-04 Toshiba
Introduces First-Ever Line of DVD Players
1996-04-22 A Day at
the DVD Forum: technical notes
1996-09-19 Toshiba
Introduces LSI Chip-Set for DVD Video Player
1996-09-26 Toshiba
Announces DVD-Video Player, DVD-ROM, Decoder Board
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1996-10-29 Copyright Protection Technical Working Group Announces DVD
Encryption - See
document
1996-11-19 Toshiba
Announces First DVD-ROM Drive
1997-01-06
Microsoft Outlines
DVD Support
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1997-03-24 Creative
Introduces PC-DVD Kit
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1997-04-08 Sigma Designs
Ships DVD/MPEG-2 Evaluation Boards
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1997-04-11 DVD Forum
Announces DVD Interim Format/Logo licensing
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1997-05-30 Toshiba's
DVD Developer's Platform
1997-09-08 Divx Enhances Digital Video - See
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1997-09-xx Licensing Requirements for the CSS DVD Copy Protection Method
- See document
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1997-09-29 Toshiba
Launches Compact DVD-Video Player
1997-10-20 Six Companies
Announce Joint DVD Patent Licensing Program
1997-12-05 DVD Forum
Holds First General Meeting
1997-12-16 Microsoft
and Toshiba Work Together to Enable DVD
1998-03-10 Creative
Drives PC-DVD Into The Mainstream
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1998-03-24 Sigma Designs
Announces Single-Chip REALmagic DVD/MPEG-2 Decoder
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1998-05-28 Toshiba
releases new generation of DVD-ROM drives
1998-05-29 DVD Forum
Steering Committee Welcomes Seven New Companies
1998-07-16 IBM & NEC to to Prevent Illegal Copying of Digital Video
Discs - See document
1998-07-28 DVD Forum
Holds U.S. DVD Conference in San Francisco in October
1998-12-15
DVD and Microsoft Operating
Systems
1999-03-31 Creative
Labs Introduces PC-DVD Entertainment Solutions
1999-06-11 DVD Patent
Licensing Program Announced by Six Companies
1999-07-xx Copy Protection for DVD Video - See
document
[PDF]
1999-08-02 Toshiba
introduces drive combining CD-R/RW read and write with DVD read
1999-09-20 Sigma Designs
Launches REALmagic Decoder for Consumer Applications
1999-10-04
Red Hat DVD support
1999-10-19 DVD 101
[YouTube]
2000-04-10
Apple Acquires DVD Authoring
Technology, Products and Engineering Team From Astarte
2000-04-14 DVD Originators
Establish DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation
2000-07-18 Toshiba
Starts Mass Production of 16X-Speed DVD-ROM Drive