DVD news from 1996 
- EE Times: DVD player aims at pay-per-view(Jan 2, 1996)
- 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.
- 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)
- 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)
- 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) - removed
- 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)
- 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) - removed
- 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) - removed
- 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: JVC to mass produce DVDs in U.S. next April(Sep 18, 1996) - removed
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Samsung Electronics starts DVD player production(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)
- "Tentative" 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)
- First DVD players on sale in Japan(November 1, 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)
- Business Wire: Diamond Multimedia announces partnership with Toshiba(November 11, 1996)
- Business Wire: Oak Technology to demonstrate interactive DVD browser at Comdex(November 11, 1996)
- Business Wire: C-Cube chipset enabling low-cost DVD content creation(November 11, 1996)
- Matsushita develops DVD internet linkage system(November 11, 1996)
- Business Wire: Forty companies speak up on CompCore's SoftDVD(November 11, 1996)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Matsushita to provide DVD picture access via Internet(November 12, 1996)
- Reuters: Matsushita to play DVDs on the Web(November 12, 1996)
- Reuters/Variety: DVD encyclopedia to debut at Comde(November 12, 1996) - removed
- Business Wire: CEI introduces full featured PC-based DVD card(November 13, 1996)
- PRNewswire: Compcore's Softdvd integrates Spatializer surround technology(November 13, 1996)
- PRNewswire: Optibase unveils Mpeg encoder line(November 13, 1996)
- Business Wire: E4 to debut new line of multimedia add-in cards at COMDEX(November 13, 1996)
- Hitachi with MPEG-1 camera(November 13, 1996)
- Business Wire: Cirrus Logic, SGS-THOMSON and Zoran team up to deliver DVD functionality to mainstream PCs(November 14, 1996)
- Reuters: Pioneer to postpone launch of DVD players(November 14, 1996) - removed.
- EE Times: Next-generation technologies present a challenge(November 18, 1996)
- Computer Resellers news: Raft of vendors prepare to ship DVD drives(November 18, 1996)
- Computer Resellers news: Diamond, Toshiba ink DVD deal(November 18, 1996)
- Computer Retail news: DVD-ROM titles make debut in Comdex(November 18, 1996)
- EE Times: NEC develops DVD camera that stores 8.2 Gbytes per disk(November 18, 1996)
- EE Times: Microsoft, Thomson ally on DVD design(November 18, 1996)
- EE Times: Second-generation boxes spur design push(November 18, 1996)
- EE Times: Toshiba offers set-top decoder(November 18, 1996)
- PRNewswire: Pro CD to demonstrate DVD technology at Comdex(November 18, 1996)
- PRNewswire: Creative showcases DVD technology at Comdex(November 18, 1996)
- Business Wire: Philips debuts total MPEG-2 solution for digital consumer products(November 18, 1996)
- Business Wire: Philips selects TriMedia processor for future consumer products(November 18, 1996)
- Internet Wire: Elektroson to announce DVD-Recordable software(November 18, 1996)
- Business Wire: Toshiba and Matsushita to incorporate macrovision in all DVD players(November 18, 1996)
- Business Wire: First DVD audio IC from Yamaha is Dolby certified AC-3 decoder(November 18, 1996)
- Business Wire: ODEUM collaborates to offer versatile DVD solutions for PCs(November 18, 1996)
- Business Wire: Activision to showcase two new Dvd-Rom titles at Comdex(November 18, 1996)
- Business Wire: Hitachi introduces DVD Read Only Memory(November 18, 1996)
- Business Wire: DMI announces DVD mastering and replicating capabilities(November 18, 1996)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Toshiba to postpone U.S. release of DVD players until early '97(November 19, 1996)
- Reuter: Toshiba delays U.S. launch of DVD players(November 19, 1996) -removed.
- Business Wire: Toshiba announces DVD-ROM drive(November 19, 1996)
- PRNewswire: Toshiba introduces DVD decoder chipset for use with Dvd-Rom(November 19, 1996)
- E-town News: Toshiba; DVD is here -- almost(November 19, 1996)
- Business Wire: Multicom Publishing brings five titles to DVD platform(November 20, 1996)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Toshiba to sell DVD-ROM drives, players in U.S. early '97(November 21, 1996)
- Comdex Daily: DVD poised for major market launch(November 22, 1996)
- Electronic Buyers' News: DVD strides into market spotlight(November 25, 1996)
- Electronic Buyers' News: Toshiba offers DVD set -- six-chip logic decoder contains core circuitry(November 25, 1996)
- Electronic Buyers' News: DVDs move to software(November 25, 1996)
- Electronic Buyers' News: CD-RW vendors claim that DVD-ROM will not render them obsolete(November 25, 1996)
- Electronic Buyers' News: Splintered multimedia market predicted -year 2000(November 25, 1996)
- Electronic Buyers' News: Cirrus, SGS, Zoran team up on DVD(November 25, 1996)
- CyberTheater: DVD in Japan - country codes and more(November 25, 1996)
- Electronica: Microsoft, Thomson ally on DVD design(November 26, 1996)
- OEM Magazine: Multispeed DVD-ROM(December 1, 1996) - removed.
- Business Wire: Akai to launch DVD player in January(December 2, 1996)
- Reuters: Warner will release 4 titles in Japan on December 20(December 2, 1996) - removed
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Car audio firms developing DVD-based navigation systems(December 5, 1996)
- Information Week: Vendors prepare digital video disks(December 9, 1996)
- EE Times: Metatec moves into DVD stamping(December 9, 1996)
- Computer Retail News: Software companies help VARs create DVD content(December 9, 1996)
- Computer retail Week: MPEG-2, AC-3 launch retail opportunities(December 9, 1996)
- Samsung to Market PC with DVD-ROM(December 13, 1996)
- MacWeek: Technical hurdles ahead for DVD adoption on Mac(December 13, 1996)
- PC Week: Toshiba's DVD drives delayed(December 13, 1996)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Hitachi develops ultra-high density disc(December 14, 1996)
- Samsung announces the first single-lens CD-R compatible pickup(December 14, 1996)
- E-town News: Santa is back-ordered on DVD(December 16, 1996)
- EE Times: DVD-RAM, MO7 set for optical-drive format face-off(December 20, 1996)
- Reuters: Sony pictures DVD in spring(December 20, 1996) - removed.
- EE Times: Showdown looms in 12-cm rewritable drives(December 23, 1996)
- Electronic Buyers' News: CD-ROM running out of steam(December 23, 1996)
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