Info about the development of DVD:
(Also known as the most expensive, confusing and exciting soap opera
of the decade....)
- Philips and Sony propose High-Density Multimedia CD Specification(Dec
16, 1994) - removed.
- U.S. News: Here
come the DVD's -- digital video disks(Jan 23, 1995)
- Seven other companies
will make a joint proposal for another standard(Jan 24, 1995)
- Sony to Commercially
Produce DVD Based on Original Standards(Feb 23, 1995)
- Toshiba Supports Digital Video Disc Business with New Organization(Feb
27, 1995) - removed.
- IBM announces
world's first MPEG-2 single-chip encoder(Mars 28, 1995)
- Matsushita presentation
of the Dual Focus Optical Pickup needed to read both SD-DVD and CD(April
25, 1995)
- Apple
about the need for a single format(May 3, 1995)
- Matsushita presentation
of the dual-layer SD format(May 11, 1995)
- Sony states
no intention of adjusting the split standards into one standard(May
30, 1995)
- Gateway Joins
Sony on DVD(June 16, 1995)
- Philips reposts
much support for the MMCD format(June 22, 1995)
- Nokia
to support Sony/Philips MultiMedia CD Format (Jun 28,1995)
- Philips reports
still more support for the MMCD format(July 21, 1995)
- Sony
presentation of MM-CD in German(Aug 26, 1995)
- Toshiba announces
strategic partnership with Time Warner(Sep 1, 1995)
- LG Electronics Develops
DVD Optical Pickup with liquid shutter(Sep 14, 1995)
- It is decided to make one single DVD format(Sep 15, 1995)
- Toshiba statement
on DVD Format Unification(Sep 15, 1995)
- Nokia
welcomes single standard for next generation High Density Optical Disc
format (Sep 26, 1995)
- Philips believe
the unified format will be a blockbuster(Sep 28, 1995)
- TDK has developed
a re-writeable DVD(Oct 21, 1995)
- Toshiba Introduces
Real-Time MPEG-2 Decoder(Oct 23, 1995)
- 3DO becomes
partners with Matsushita(Oct 25, 1995)
- File system
finished by Optical Storage Technology Association(Oct 30, 1995)
- Toshiba
announces SD-Read Only Drive for computers(Nov 7, 1995)
- Samsung to mass
produce DVD from September 96(Nov 28, 1995)
- EE
Times: laser diode shortage could slow plans(Dec 4, 1995)
- SEGA's DVD
Saturn set for '97(Dec 6, 1995)
- Most technical details avout DVD agreed upon and published(Dec
8, 1995)
- Sony
with special DVD Announcement(Dec 8, 1995)
- Toshiba
on DVD Format Unification(Dec 8, 1995)
- Sony:
Technical specifications for video and DVD-ROM format(Dec 8, 1995)
- Philips:
Unified DVD format announced(Dec 8, 1995)
- Japan Press Network:
DVD fueling MPEG-2 production(Dec 14, 1995)
- Toshiba on
DVD features(Date ??)
- Matsushita:
Cross-sourcing agreement with Thomson(Jan 5, 1996)
- The first
DVD players from Toshiba(Jan 5, 1996)
- Interactive
Media Weekly Recap:Uniform DVD packaging proposal; CD-box with the height
of VHS(Jan 8, 1996)
- CNN: Digital
disc dazzles at electronics show(Jan 9, 1996)
- Los
Angeles Daily News: DVD star of CES(Jan 9, 1996)
- Philips to launch
DVD this year(Jan 12, 1996)
- Japan Press Network:
First players available in August ?(Jan 17, 1996)
- EE
Times: PC makers struggle with emerging DVD(Jan 22, 1996)
- Sony MM-CD(!?!?)
page in Japanese(Jan 24, 1996)
- Philips:
Optical Media Strategy towards the year 2000(Mar 13, 1996)
- Heise Online
from CeBIT: More CD(Mar 13, 1996)
- Philips:
OEM price of approx. $200 for a DVD-ROM drive in 1997(Mar 13, 1996)
- Philips: PC market
key to early DVD sales(Mar 15, 1996)
- E-town
News: Problems may delay DVD launch(Mar 25, 1996)
- E-town
News: Toshiba claims DVD on schedule(Mar 25, 1996)
- E-town
News: Hollywood, manufacturers reach landmark compromise(Mar 29, 1996)
- CEMA:
Industry agrees to seek legislation on digital video recorders(Mar
29, 1996)
- CNN: CDs might
become thing of the past(April 3, 1996)
- EE
Times: PC makers claim Hollywood's copyright proposal will kill DVD(April
8, 1996)
- Reuters: Tech specifications still under review. Launch in 97?(April
11, 1996) - removed.
- EE
Times: Clash between PC industry, Hollywood, threatens launch of DVD(April
15, 1996)
- EE
Times: Copyright spat gets uglier; 12+ month delay possible(April 22,
1996)
- Reuters:
DVD Copyright Talks Hit New Snag (April 22, 1996)
- E-town
News: RCA preparing DVD launch(May 9, 1996)
- EE
Times: Sony proposes its own DVD-audio format based on DSD(May 10,
1996)
- EE
Times: Progress in DVD-copyright talks disputed(May 20, 1996)
- Cyberfi: ADA
report about DVD-audio(May 20, 1996)
- E-town
News: Pioneer unveils DVD combis(May 24, 1996)
- E-town
News: No software? DVD, the consumer electronics equivalent of Melrose
Place(May 24, 1996)
- EE
Times: Hyundai prepares second-generation one-chip DVD solution(May
28, 1996)
- EE
Times: Zoran unwraps DVD design for PC(May 31, 1996)
- Reuters:
DVD specifications getting ironed out(June 3, 1996)
- EE
Times: DVD Briefing industry conference(June 7, 1996)
- Info
World: Under pressure, vendors mull separate regional DVD formats (June
11, 1996)
- Reuters:
DVD Could Topple CD-ROM - Price Waterhouse (June 13, 1996)
- Reuters:
Japan firms to reap billions from licensing DVDs (June 19, 1996)
- Agreement about copy protection claimed by Toshiba(June 21,
1996)
- EE
Times: Progress reported on DVD talks(June 24, 1996)
- Reuters:
Agreement to integrate standardized copy protection circuits(June 25,
1996)
- Reuters:
DVD Makers Mull Launch Delay(July 3, 1996)
- E-town
News: Panasonic sets October on sale date(July 11, 1996)
- Matsushita
establishes DVD disc factory in the US(July 12, 1996)
- Reuters:
Matsushita says digital videodisc players ready to ship(July 12, 1996)
- MMWire
Weekly: DVD stalls; won't go on sale in September; copy protection stalls
plans(July 15, 1996)
- Agreement on copy protection once more claimed by Toshiba(July
19, 1996)
- EE
Times: 8 companies propose 5-inch rival to DVD-RAM(July 22, 1996)
- Reuters:
Dataquest sees DVD chip market reaching $3.6 billion(July 23, 1996)
- Reuters/Variety: DVD Pact Hard To Pin Down(July 23, 1996) -removed.
- Nihon
Keizai Shimbun: Mitsubishi Chemical to start making DVD-R in October (July
24, 1996)
- Reuters:
Toshiba to launch DVD Player in October(July 26, 1996)
- E-town
News: The DVD soap continues(July 29, 1996)
- EE
Times: DVD vendors consider anti-copy method(July 30, 1996).
- Reuters:
Philips, Sony to license Digital Video Disc technology(Aug 2, 1996)
- E-town
News: Sony, Philips drop a bomb(Aug 2, 1996)
- Philips: DVD licencing
to start(Aug 2, 1996)
- Reuters: Matsushita to set up DVD plant in Los Angeles(Aug 8, 1996)
- removed.
- Business
Wire: Innovacom announces first single chip MPEG-2 digital encoder(Aug
15, 1996)
- E-town
News: Toshiba starts television ads for DVD(Aug 21, 1996)
- E-town
News: Toshiba still believe DVD will be a 1996 product(Aug 23, 1996)
- CNET news:
Sony drops DVD for '96(Aug 28, 1996)
- E-town
News: DVD is here--or is it? (Aug 29, 1996)
- Panasonic:
To launch 28" TV with built-in DVD player in Japan(Aug 29, 1996)
- Panasonic:
To launch 2 DVD players in Japan on November 1(Aug 29, 1996)
- CNET news:
Matsushita to release DVD this fall(Aug 30, 1996)
- Nihon
Keizai Shimbun: Matsushita Electric to start sales of DVD players Nov.
1(Aug 30, 1996)
- Philips: DVD issues
still to be resolved(Aug 30, 1996)
- CeBIT
Home today: Die Mega-CD(Aug 31, 1996)
- CNN: Matsushita
Electronics to launch DVDs in November (Aug 31, 1996)
- EE
Times: Shipping delays hint at rift between DVD vendors(Sep 3, 1996)
- Nihon
Keizai Shimbun: Hitachi to sell DVD player from Nov. for 80,000 yen(Sep
3, 1996)
- E-town
News: E-towners say No to DVD(Sep 3, 1996)
- Nihon
Keizai Shimbun: Memory Tech to start volume pressing of DVD titles in October(Sep
4, 1996)
- Cyber Press:
DVDs at World PC Expo '96(photos + Japanese text)(Sep 4, 1996)
- Newmedia:
Copyright Issues Cause Sony Delay(Sep 5, 1996)
- PC
Watch: DVDs at World PC Expo '96(photos + Japanese text)(Sep 5, 1996)
- E-town
News: CEDIA special; DVD pact heraled(Sep 8, 1996)
- EE
Times: Break seen in DVD copy-protection stalemate(Sep 9, 1996)
- Nihon
Keizai Shimbun: Toshiba to set up firm to handle DVD player production(Sep
9, 1996)
- EE
Times: Motorola samples an audio chip for DVD systems(Sep 10, 1996)
- E-town
News: Toshiba unveils home PCs, DVD for computing and video promised by
year-end(Sep 11, 1996)
- EE
Times: Toshiba PCs push DVD(Sep 12, 1996)
- Nihon
Keizai Shimbun: Toshiba develops blue-purple laser for new DVD systems
(Sep 12, 1996)
- The DVD consortium shipped its v. 1.0 specification, but the content
providers had not yet accepted it.(Sep 13, 1996)
- Nihon
Keizai Shimbun: Sharp mulls filing complaint with FTC over DVDs(Sep
14, 1996)
- MMWire
Weekly: Market forecast trimmed by lack of title support(Sep 16, 1996)
- E-town
News: E/Town Poll reveals reasoning of DVD bears (Sep 16, 1996)
- Electronic
Buyers' News: ST produces DVD encoder chip -- Device can prevent copying
at home(Sep 16, 1996)
- EE Times:
DVD group finishes Version 1.0 spec(Sep 17, 1996)
- E-town
News: Philips and Sony licensing or not?(Sep 17, 1996)
- E-town
News: Recordable DVD due next year - - maybe(Sep 17, 1996)
- Reuters/Variety: JVC to launch DVD player next spring(Sep 17, 1996)
- removed.
- IMA Show Daily: IMA
panelists express grand hopes for DVD(Sep 17, 1996)
- JVC to start disc production
in the US next spring(Sep 17, 1996)
- JVC to start DVD
production in the US next spring(Sep 17, 1996)
- Nihon
Keizai Shimbun: Toshiba-EMI to release DVD music videos in early November(Sep
18, 1996)
- Nihon
Keizai Shimbun: JVC to mass produce DVDs in U.S. next April(Sep 18,
1996)
- Reuters/Variety: Philips, Sony extend DVD licencing pact(Sep 18, 1996)
- removed.
- IMA Show Daily: TDK
prepares manufacturing technology for DVD-RAM(Sep 18, 1996)
- IMA Show Daily: Multimedia
industry finally ready to go digital(Sep 19, 1996)
- IMA Show Daily: DVD-ROM
profits hang in the balance(Sep 19, 1996)
- IMA Show Daily: Nimbus
to set up in-house DVD production(Sep 19, 1996)
- Pioneer introduces
DVD-Video/DVD-Karaoke players(Sep 19, 1996)
- Nihon
Keizai Shimbun: Xmas sales not attractive to some DVD makers without software(Sep
20, 1996)
- EE
Times: Japan gears up for DVD production(Sep 23, 1996)
- Electronic
Buyers' News: DVDs clear two more hurdles -- but protecting content still
a major problem(Sep 23, 1996)
- EE
Times: IC copy-protected by Macrovision(Sep 23, 1996)
- EE
Times: DVD tech hurdles cleared(Sep 25, 1996)
- Toshiba
presents its first DVD-Video player in Japan(Sep 26, 1996)
- Toshiba
announces DVD-ROM(Sep 26, 1996)
- Nihon
Keizai Shimbun: Toshiba to start selling DVD player on Nov. 1(Sep 27,
1996)
- Mercury News:
Video-film nuts' new toy is in view(Sep 27, 1996)
- Popular
Science: No DVD for now(Sep 28, 1996)
- Dataquest
predicts DVD optical drive market to become a $4 billion industry by 2000(Sep
30, 1996)
- EE
Times: DVD tech hurdles cleared(Sep 30, 1996)
- CD-ROM
Professional: Sony announces twin laser optical pickups for reading DVD,
CD-ROM, and CD-R(October issue, 1996)
- Reuters: Sony opens DVD compression facility in Culver City, California(October
2, 1996) - removed.
- JES:
DVD at Japan Electronics Show '96(October 2, 1996)
- European
player from Thomson(October 3, 1996)
- Japan Times: DVD
launch weak on software side(October 3, 1996)
- De Telegraaf:"DVD
is no wonder cure for the electronics sector"(October 4, 1996)
- EE
Times: DBS, DVD markets buoy IC vendors(October 4, 1996)
- Dempa Shimbun:
Matsushita displayed car DVD player in Japan(October 4, 1996)
- Internet Wire:
Laserpasific helps create world's first DVD-ROM title(October 4, 1996)
- Internet Wire: DVD-ROM
software sales to reach $100 million by 1999(October 4, 1996)
- E-town
News: Japan Electronics Show '96(October 5, 1996)
- Electronic
Buyers' News: Suppliers looking ahead on DVDs(October 7, 1996)
- EE
Times: Chips try to give PCs "surround sound"(October 8,
1996)
- Nihon
Keizai Shimbun: Sony to develop DSD(Direct Stream Digital) with Philips(October
12, 1996)
- Reuters: Panasonic ready to launch DVD players(October 13, 1996) -
removed.
- Nikkei Shimbun:
Pioneer will supply DVD players to Hitachi as OEM(October 13, 1996)
- EE
Times: Intel and IBM weighs in on DVD encryption. Agreement this week?(October
14, 1996)
- EE
Times: Hitachi postpones DVD-player ramp(October 14, 1996)
- Electronic
Buyers' News: Philips to combine DVD-ROMs and erasable CDs(October
14, 1996)
- TV Digest: DVD
encryption result due(October 14, 1996)
- EE
Times: Encoder gets Macrovision spec(October 15, 1996)
- Computer
Retail Week: DVD drives may get the green light(October 21, 1996)
- Mercury News:
New CDs are rewritable, but have drawbacks(October 22, 1996)
- MacWeek
News: Erasable CDs are a go, compatibility to come later(October 23,
1996)
- Dempa Shimbun:
DVD software will come into the Japanese market in November(October
24, 1996)
- Dempa Shimbun:
Pioneer to establish a joint venture for DVD in Europe(October 24,
1996)
- EE Times:
Sony, Philips launch CD-rewritable platform(October 25, 1996)
- EE
Times: Intel, Microsoft re-think multimdia PC, launch separate initiatives(October
28, 1996)
- Electronic
Buyers' News: Is there room for Both MPEG-1, MPEG-2?(October 28, 1996)
- Computer
Retail Week: New CD Format -- CD-RW; Will it fly or fizzle?(October
28, 1996)
- Agreement on digital copy protection announced, only I-frames will
be scrambled(October 29, 1996)
- Reuters-Variety:
Pioneer scraps Xmas plans for DVD(October 29, 1996)
- E-town
News: DVD in January for Pioneer(October 29, 1996)
- Reuters: Cross-industry
pact on DVD(October 29, 1996)
- PRNewswire:
Kao Infosystems and Pacific Coast Sound Works to open DVD/multimedia facility
(October 29, 1996)
- PRNewswire:
CPTWG announces DVD encryption achievement (October 29, 1996)
- Mercury News:
Silicon Valley and Hollywood reach pact on DVDs(October 30, 1996)
- InfoWorld:
DVD industry group reaches copyright agreement(October 30, 1996)
- Nihon
Keizai Shimbun: Software firms delay marketing DVDs, cite compatibility
woes(October 31, 1996)
- E-town
News: DVD -- it's getting closer(October 31, 1996)
- CD-ROM
Professional: Packaging manufacturers anticipate exploding DVD market(November
issue, 1996)
- EE Times:
DVD copy protection agreement reached(November 1, 1996)
- EE
Times: Mediamatics plays one-stop DVD shop(November 1, 1996)
- HomePC:
The beginning of the end for CD-ROMs?(November 1, 1996)
- HomePC:
Satisfy your need for multimedia speed(November 1, 1996)
- TechWire:
Next-generation CD players in trouble(November 1, 1996)
- VAR
Business: DVD breaks beyond storage(November 1, 1996)
- Nihon
Keizai Shimbun: Matsushita licenses DVD encoding technology(November
1, 1996)
- Nihon
Keizai Shimbun: DVD players released, but no software available(November
2, 1996)
- Electronic
Buyers' News: DVD copyright protection still a major issue(November
4, 1996)
- Computer
retail Week: Groups reach DVD accord; Pioneer, Samsung ready(November
4, 1996)
- Computer
retail Week: Great expectations for DVD-ROM(November 4, 1996)
- EE
Times: Compromise forged on DVD encryption(November 4, 1996)
- EE
Times: Mediamatics decoders target DVD on PC(November 4, 1996)
- EE
Times: Pioneer to make DVDs in Europe(November 4, 1996)
 Mediamatics
announce software DVD decoder(November 4, 1996) - Nihon
Keizai Shimbun: Fujitsu beats rivals to market with PC integrating DVD
player(November 7, 1996)
- EE
Times: DVD-ROM PCs ready to roll(November 8, 1996)
- Nihon
Keizai Shimbun: Toshiba expects to release rewritable DVD in '97(November
8, 1996)
- EE
Times: Microsoft's DVD focus worries spec's creators(November 11, 1996)
- EE
Times: MPEG-2 core changes the design flow(November 11, 1996)
- EE
Times: Core development:a multifaceted project(November 11, 1996)
- Computer
retail Week: Decoder Boards, Memory Considered -- DVD upgrade costs could
slow initial adoption(November 11, 1996)
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