DVD News from 1995 
- 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)
- 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 about 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 ??)
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