DVD(1995)

A CONSORTIUM UPGRADES VIDEO RECORDIN

DVDs short for digital versatile disc or digital video disc. CD/DVD drives were sold in 1997 and are widely used for storing movies, songs and other data. After the futuristic looking compact disc (CD) took the audio market by storm consigning the humble cassette tape to the back of a billion cupboards it was only a matter of time before technological wizards set their sights on abolishing the VHS tape.

Although the technology for laser disc already existed, it never really took off in the way that CD technology did, and so the market for a compact digital video disc was still very much open.. the first proposals for a high density CD were put forward in 1993, leading to the creation of two competing format, electronic powerhouse Sony and Phillips led their collected investors forward with MMCD format, going head to head with industry giants Toshiba, Masushita and time Warner’s effect, the SD. Then, in 1995, a combined efforts known as the DVD was officially announced and consequently developed by a consortium of ten companies.

The DVD is a digital optical disc format which is capable of storing two hours of high quality digital video, eight track of digital audio, and thirty two tracks of subtitle information, as well as offering the practical benefits of being light weight, compact, easily rewindable, and durable. Dual layer DVDs later doubled this capacity, and two sides DVDs doubled it again without creating needless bulk.

Although DVDs is often cited as being acronym for digital video disc or digital versatile disc, the official line on it as stated in 1999 by the 250 company members in the DVD forum is that it is simply a three letter name. So, in short, DVD stands for DVD