To many the DVD is a way of life these days, we use them to watch movies listen to music even both at the same time. DVD stands for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc The DVD was first developed in the early 1990s. Although the major technology players were at war with each other trying to develop the DVD it was IBM's president, Lou Gerstner who was the middle man trying to brig the big companies together to prevent another VHS/Betamax war.
The outcome was the DVD as we now know it and it made its appearance in 1995. By November 1996 the first DVD player was on the market in Japan with the USA following on in March of 1997. Europe followed in 1998 with Australia having it first taste of DVDs in 1999. It wasnt long before DVDs started to appear in shops and department stores with the first units selling for more than $600. As soon a more and more people began to purchase discs and familiarize themselves with the new concept it wasnt long before the price of players began to fall and most houses began to invest in the new tech wave.
The first move to be released in DVD was Twister in 1996, this soon followed by other major movie productions and now it is the baseline for movie rental. Speaking of movie rental, by 2003 DVD rental had out weighed VHS rental hands down and it was from this point on that we started seeing VHS videos cleared from the shelves like it was going out of fashion.
The limits of the DVD are endless and we have only seen the beginning! Stay tuned for our next part of the history of the DVD.
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