DVD news from 1997
- Digital Theater: More time needed for DVD audio format(January 1, 1997)
- Business Wire: DVD capability added to Wired Inc's MPEG playback card(January 2, 1997)
- Business Wire: DVD-Video sales will fast forward by 2000, according to new InfoTech report(January 2, 1997)
- Internet Wire: Microsoft outlines DVD support(January 6, 1997)
- Business Wire: E4 delivers DVD to the Macintosh(January 6, 1997)
- Entertainment Wire: Thomson, Pioneer, and Hitachi to incorporate Macrovision in all players(January 6, 1997)
- Electronic Buyers' News: Component cost, availability slow DVD's arrival time(January 6, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: Manufacturers of DVD players anxiously await starting gun(January 6, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: Warner will likely be the first to roll out DVD movie(January 6, 1997)
- Business Wire: New encoders for DVD players and set-top boxes supports Macrovision 7.0(January 7, 1997)
- Business Wire: Cinram enters DVD joint venture with Pacific Ocean Post(January 7, 1997)
- Laserviews: Columbia TriStar announces DVD film releases in North America to start in april(January 8, 1997)
- Laserviews: Warner Home Video announces first DVD titles(January 8, 1997)
- Business Wire: Toshiba's Infinia home PC delivers first DVD-ROM drive(January 8, 1997)
- Business Wire: DVD will generate $74.1 million in movie and software title revenue in 1997(January 8, 1997)
- Business Wire: MGM to release 10 titles in April(January 8, 1997)
- Business Wire: Warner Home Video to release 25 titles in March(January 8, 1997)
- Business Wire: Byron Preiss Multimedia announces DVD-ROM title(January 8, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Sony to start selling DVD players in April(January 8, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Sony with "reference-standard" player(January 8, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Sony and Blockbuster team up to offer DVD experience to consumers(January 8, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Sony Announces DVD-ROM that also reads CD-R(January 8, 1997)
- E-town: Sony finally joins DVD sweepstakes(January 8, 1997)
- CNET: DVD players finally arrive(January 9, 1997)
- Business Wire: New Line Home Video to release 6 titles "as soon as possible"(January 9, 1997)
- Business Wire: Toshiba Says "Hooray For Hollywood"(January 9, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Zenith ushers in digital age with new Digital Video Disc player(January 9, 1997)
- Business Wire: Akai Unveils Components for ultimate home entertainment center(January 9, 1997)
- Business Wire: Motorola chips power digital audio at CES(January 9, 1997)
- Business Wire: Zoran delivers 3D audio and Dolby Digital in a single chip(January 9, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Panasonic to ship players on March 1 in the US(January 9, 1997)
- E-town: Philips jumps into the DVD waters(January 9, 1997)
- CNET: MMX chips will drive DVD(January 9, 1997)
- PRNewswire: PhotoBubble Technology Demonstrated On Encyclopedia Electronica DVD-ROM(January 10, 1997)
- OEM Magazine: Challenges for a superproduct(January 10, 1997)
- CNN: DVD makes splash at electronics show(January 10, 1997)
- E-Town's Virtual CES also had coverage of DVD(January 9-12, 1997)
- EE Times: Last year's bang is now more a whimper(January 13, 1997)
- PRNewswire: The Learning Company to launch three DVD titles(January 13, 1997)
- The Learning Company to launch three DVD titles(January 13, 1997)
- "Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity": 1997 WCES Report(January 15, 1997)
- Entertainment Wire: DVD goes to Washington(January 15, 1997)
- E-town: DVD is coming.... for real(January 16, 1997)
- NEWS.COM: Special report on DVD(January 18, 1997)
- Electronic Buyers' News: DVD chip makers battle for dominance(January 20, 1997)
- Computer retail Week: DVD, 'net TV claim the spotlight at CES(January 20, 1997)
- Computer retail Week: High prices, few titles lower DVD expectations(January 20, 1997)
- EE Times: Sony aims DVD player at Japan(January 20, 1997)
- Electronic Buyers' News: Sony begins DVD-ROM shipments(January 20, 1997)
- EE Times: Dolby picks Motorola DSPs for AC-3(January 20, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Audio Week: First-generation DVD is for AV buffs(January 20, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Reuters: JVC plans DVD player with high-quality audio(January 20, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Reuters: Matsushita to launch DVD player on global market(January 21, 1997)
- Business Wire: Zoran/CompCore and Microsoft collaborate on DVD technology(January 22, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Agence France Press: Matsushita to start selling DVD players in Asia this month(January 22, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Consumer Electronics: DVD audio specs 6-12 months off(January 23, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Consumer Multimedia Report: Sont sets April delivery of $1,000 DVD player(January 23, 1997)
- Business Wire: Westwood Studios announces plans to develop titles for DVD(January 27, 1997)
- PRNewswire: New strategic research from Frost & Sullivan(January 27, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Newsbytes: The future of DVD-ROM with MPEG-2 video(January 27, 1997)
- Electronic Buyers News: Is computer role bigger for DVD?(January 27, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: NEC to market PC with 28-inch display, DVD, satellite TV function(January 28, 1997)
- Business Wire: Commercial titles start to roll off DVD replication lines at Nimbus(January 28, 1997)
- Reuters: Victor to launch DVD player in April(January 29, 1997)
- Reuter: Nimbus to invest $17 million in Luxembourg(January 29, 1997)
- Philips: Hollywood label representatives impressed by MPEG multichannel audio(February, 1997)
- Philips: DVD consortium confirms audio formats for DVD-Video(February, 1997)
- Philips: DVD Europe news(February, 1997)
- EMedia Professional: DVD manufacturers test market waters, prepare to dive(February issue, 1997)
- Jornal do Vídeo: Michael Jordan encesta o DVD(February issue, 1997)
- Windows Magazine: DVD-ROM drives -- DVD now(February 1, 1997)
- Home PC: Winter brings seven DVD-ROM titles(February 1, 1997)
- EE Times: Copy-protection questions delay digital rollouts(February 3, 1997)
- Computer retail Week: Robust' CD-R sales prompt Kodak move - will add to DVD 'if we need to'(February 3, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Matsushita sets up subsidiary to make DVD software(February 4, 1997)
- E-town: DVD in like a lion. First titles scheduled for March, at $24.98(February 4, 1997)
- Reuters: Matsushita develops new DVD optical pickup(February 5, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: NEC develops single-chip MPEG-2 encoder(February 6, 1997)
- Business Wire: Enhanced Services announces DVD alliance(February 6, 1997)
- Business Wire: Vancouver offers world's first Digital Versatile Disc course(February 6, 1997)
- Pioneer extensively demonstrates its commitment to DVD at Milia '97(February 9, 1997)
- Business Wire: Philips introduces the first single-chip encoder to fully support Macrovision 7 for PAL/NTSC(February 10, 1997)
- Business Wire: Pay-per-use DVD(February 10, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Warner Bros. Records Inc. sets spring release for DVD titles(February 11, 1997)
- E-town: DVD has arrived-Pioneer first to ship combi players(February 11, 1997)
- E-town: Samsung DVD is hitting stores now(February 11, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from MGM(February 11, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Apple demonstrates first DVD-enabled Macintosh at MILIA 97(February 12, 1997)
- PRNewswire: EMA Multimedia at forefront of DVD revolution(February 14, 1997)
- Laserviews: Note on MGM Letterbox DVDs(February 14, 1997)
- EE Times: Encryption stall hobbles U.S. DVD push(February 17, 1997)
- EE Times: OEMs can't get crucial crypto licenses(February 17, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: DBS with DVD controls(February 17, 1997)
- Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelty: DVD has landed(February 18, 1997)
- Business Wire: Wired Inc. delivers DVD and MPEG2 for new Apple PowerBook(February 19, 1997)
- Business Wire: Pioneer puts first DVD players into retailers' hands(February 19, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: California chains spar over who's first with DVD demos(February 20, 1997)
- Computer Reseller News: Apple line gets DVD boost(February 20, 1997)
- Reuters/Variety: After six-month delay, DVD rolls out to retailers(February 21, 1997)
- Laserviews: Columbia TriStar and Polygram DVD update(February 21, 1997)
- EE Times: PC chip vendors board DVD bandwagon(February 24, 1997)
- EE Times: PC camp closes in on DVD-crypto deal(February 24, 1997)
- Electronic Buyers' News: ATI redesigns Rage for MPEG-2 decode(February 24, 1997)
- Business Wire: Zoran/CompCore demonstrates SoftDVD with VGA DVD accelerator(February 24, 1997)
- Business Wire: C-Cube DVD-PC solution speeds market entry(February 24, 1997)
- Business Wire: C-Cube's CLM4730Z allows encoding of a two-hour movie in real time onto a single disc(February 24, 1997)
- E-town: DVD movies on the way(February 24, 1997)
- E-town: DVD rocks! E-town's first evening with the new format(February 24, 1997)
- PRNewswire: ATI Technologies takes lead in DVD solutions(February 24, 1997)
- E-Town user on Pioneer DVL-90 DVD/CD/CDV/LD player(February 24, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Toshiba makes prototype of HD-DVD for 2000 launch(February 24, 1997)
- PRNewswire: C-Cube with ZiVA decoder family, the world's most integrated single-chip audio/video DVD decoders(February 24, 1997)
- Business Wire: Photo of the C-Cube ZiVA D6 and DS decoders(February 24, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Advertising Age: Panasonic, Toshiba tout DVD with major ad efforts(February 25, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Kyodo: Toshiba's new HD-DVD projects movie-quality images(February 25, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Kao Infosystems and Pacific Coast Sound Works kickstart DVD market with prototypes(February 25, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Axis Communications to Support DVD through its StorPoint CD family(February 25, 1997)
- NEWS.COM: Axis server to add DVD(February 25, 1997)
- MEDLINE Advanced on DVD-ROM available from SilverPlatter Information(February 25, 1997)
- SilverPlatter Information leads industry offerings with databases on DVD-ROM(February 25, 1997)
- Reuters/Variety: Polygram Sets 10 DVD Titles(February 26, 1997)
- NEWS.COM: SyQuest to release DVD competitor(February 27, 1997)
- SyQuest announces 4.7 GB removable cartridge storage technology - the Rockett(February 27, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Associated Press: DVD players hit the market(February 28, 1997)
- Home PC: DVD-ROM upgrade kit(March 1, 1997)
- Electronic Buyers' News: Toshiba to exhibit HD-DVD(March 3, 1997) - removed.
- Digital Theater/EE Times: DVD player demo'd at HDTV resolution(March 3, 1997)
- Electronic Buyers' News: 'Glue' holds first DVD players together(March 3, 1997) - removed.
- TechWire: Super-fast ROM drives appear In Japan(March 4, 1997)
- Reuter: Toshiba starts U.S. shipments of DVD(March 4, 1997)
- Business Wire: Toshiba begins U.S. shipment of DVD movie players -- aggressive marketing campaign(March 4, 1997)
- Lumivision and AIX Entertainment first with DVD-Video titles in the US(March 4, 1997)
- E-town: DVD - Sony style, preparing to lift the heavy stone(March 5, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Computer Retail Week: Strong start for DVD -- Public awareness high for units(March 5, 1997)
- Business Wire: Visual Circuits introduces the 4-ReelTime Pro four channel MPEG-2 playback board(March 5, 1997)
- E-town: DVD, Hollywood keep its promise(March 6, 1997)
- Digital Theater/OEM Magazine: Making Audio DVD sing(March 6, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from U.S. Laser/Image and Lumivision(March 6, 1997)
- Electronic Buyers' News: Divvying up DVDs(March 10, 1997)
- EE Times: Recordability in perspective(March 10, 1997)
- Computer Reseller News: First CD Rewritable drives to ship(March 10, 1997)
- Business Wire: National Semiconductor acquires Mediamatics(March 10, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Newsbytes: New Sanyo laser promises in-car DVD(March 10, 1997)
- E-Town: Pioneer adds DVD to LD/CD-V/CD(March 10, 1997)
- Reuters/Variety: Live Entertainment plans 12 DVD releases at $24.99 each(March 11, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Live Entertainment and Simitar Entertainment(March 11, 1997)
- Business Wire: Hi-Val offers full encryption DVD-ROM drive solution(March 12, 1997)
- Business Wire: Oak announces alpha release of interactive DVD browser(March 12, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Nikkei English News: Akai to launch DVD player in Japan(March 13, 1997)
- Business Wire: Smart and Friendly introduces CD rewritable drive(March 13, 1997)
- Business Wire: TTR Technologies introduces new DiscGuard technology at REPLItech Europe '97(March 13, 1997)
- Pioneer at CeBIT 97: DVD - a realitiy(March 13, 1997)
- Nissim Content-Customization redefines filmmakers-parents relationship(March 13, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner and New Line Home Video(March 13, 1997)
- Sony führt DVD-Videoplayer in Japan ein(March 13, 1997)
- Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity: DVD Demonstration Results(March 17, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: DVD player, software interests struggle to harmonize(March 17, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: Toshiba launches DVD players, sans software(March 17, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: DVD-based PCs stalled by dearth of software -- Toshiba blames copyright issues, chip delays(March 17, 1997)
- TechWire: DVD PCs Facing More Delays(March 17, 1997)
- EE Times: IBM Microelectronics has launched a suite of MPEG-2 decoder and encoder ICs(March 17, 1997)
- EE Times: Extra register nonsense won't keep the DVD algorithm safe(March 17, 1997)
- Computer Reseller News: Product offers 4X speeds to write to CD -- NSM Adds New Generation(March 17, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Playboy sign exclusive DVD licensing and distribution agreement(March 17, 1997)
- Business Wire: SICAN debuts core suite for DVD applications(March 17, 1997)
- Business Wire: IBM announces new digital video chip products(March 17, 1997)
- Business Wire: DVD redefines filmmakers-parents relationship(March 17, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, MGM, New Line and Warner Music(March 17, 1997)
- First DVD software on sale in North America.(March 19, 1997)
- Internet Wire: DVD authoring comes to Europe(March 19, 1997)
- Reuters/Variety: Studios skeptical about DVD(March 19, 1997) - removed.
- Denver Post: Movies on CD just about ready(March 20, 1997)
- EE Times: DVD drives bound for U.S.(March 20, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Best Buy launches Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) players(March 20, 1997)
- Reuters: DVD-making gets Technicolor boost(March 20, 1997) - removed.
- Business Wire: Digital, InnovaCom to share industry's first MPEG video open API for software developers(March 20, 1997)
- E-Town: DVD-ROM drives on the way(March 20, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD update, audio formats(March 20, 1997)
- PRNewswire: West Coast Entertainment set to participate in the product launch of DVD on Tuesday, March 25(March 21, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD update, letterboxing(March 21, 1997)
- E-town: Without support, Warner will limit DVD to 7 cities(March 21, 1997)
- E! Online: Oscar Day Is Also DVD Day(March 21, 1997)
- EE Times: Sony and Toshiba set launch, but expect slow start(March 24, 1997)
- EE Times: Controller ICs -- Device boosts data-transfer rates to 6 MBps(March 24, 1997)
- Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity: DVD Testing in Florida(March 24, 1997)
- Business Wire: InnovaCom becomes major player in DVD revolution(March 24, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Creative with $499 PC-DVD Kit(March 24, 1997)
- Business Wire: Seanix USA with DVD Series(March 24, 1997)
- Business Wire: Zapex Technologies unveils breakthrough MPEG-2 compression engine(March 24, 1997)
- Business Wire: Trident's Mirage 5.1 audio module offers QSurround 3D positional audio for PC DVD(March 24, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcement from HBO(March 24, 1997)
- Business Wire: C-Cube first to receive Dolby Digital certification(March 25, 1997)
- Business Wire: C-Cube forges DVD alliance with Quadrant International(March 25, 1997)
- Business Wire: Multicom Publishing releases DVD-multiplay title(March 26, 1997)
- Business Wire: Hi-Val teams up with Quadrant International to deliver strong DVD technology to the retail channel(March 26, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Image Entertainment announces trio of DVD releases(March 26, 1997)
- Elite Entertainment to release "Night of the living dead" this spring(March 27, 1997)
- E-town: Sony Electronics Line Show(March 28, 1997)
- Electronic Buyers News: China boosts Video CD, DVD players(March 31, 1997)
- EE-Times: Vendors await Microsoft's Memphis -- Delay shifts DVD burden(March 31, 1997)
- EE-Times: DVD bids for mass-storage success(March 31, 1997)
- EE-Times: Is DVD becoming the TV/PC bridge?(March 31, 1997)
- TWICE: Warner to drop DVD if support is soft(March 31, 1997)
- Windows Magazine: Manufacturers prepare to show us their DVDs(April 1, 1997)
- Windows Magazine: Missing Win95 drivers stall DVD release(April 1, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Toshiba announces design tools for DVD PC applications(April 1, 1997)
- EE Time: DVD decoding functions integrated in hardware(April 2, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Image Entertainment to release "Tina Turner: Live In Amsterdam" on LD and DVD(April 2, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Digital Communications Technology Corporation announces major expansion(April 2, 1997)
- E-Town: DVD vs. Laserdisc comparison(April 2, 1997)
- News.com: Recordable DVDs in the works(April 2, 1997)
- PC Magazine Online: Now playing on the silver disk(April 2, 1997)
- Digital Theater/NewsBytes: Basic agreement reached on DVD-RAM standard(April 3, 1997)
- Business Wire: STB to demonstrate MPEG-2 solutions in conjunction with NAB '97(April 3, 1997)
- LA Times: DVDs sell well in first week out; titles reflect skew toward males(April 3, 1997) - removed.
- Business Wire: Pioneer New Media Technologies AIIM '97 media advisory(April 3, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Elite and Simitar(April 3, 1997)
- Business Wire: Daikin expands(April 4, 1997)
- Business Wire: Daikin's Scenarist software bridges DVD Video and DVD-ROM(April 4, 1997)
- InfoWorld: Sony, Philips abstain on DVD compromise vote(April 4, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: Big storage was big story at CeBIT show(April 7, 1997)
- EE Times: Multimedia Silicon -- LuxSonor says its approach is more robust than software alternatives(April 7, 1997)
- EE Times: Group agrees on DVD-RAM format(April 7, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: Standards spin as drive wars heat up(April 7, 1997)
- Electronic Buyers News: Toshiba's DVD boards tailored for S3 chips(April 7, 1997)
- EE Times: Japan's Nichia heats race for room-temperature blue laser(April 7, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: Blockbuster to buy remainder of PC Upgrades(April 7, 1997)
- Business Wire: Zoran with world's smallest Dolby Digital hardware core(April 7, 1997)
- Business Wire: Zoran/CompCore announce new SoftDVD Navigator for the PC with complete DVD capabilities(April 7, 1997)
- Business Wire: Samsung DVD players debut in New York area at Harvey Electronics(April 7, 1997)
- E-Town: DVD street date ignored(April 7, 1997)
- Twice: Best Buy; DVD Sales Are "Encouraging"(April 7, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar(April 7, 1997)
- Sonic Solutions debuts multitrack 96kHz high-density audio(April 7, 1997)
- Mastering great Bob Ludwig brings Sonic DVD Creator to Gateway Mastering Studios(April 7, 1997)
- First DVD Titles Mastered on Sonic DVD Creator(April 7, 1997)
- Sonic Solutions Introduces DVD Studio 4.0(April 7, 1997)
- Business Wire: Sigma Designs ships DVD/MPEG-2 evaluation boards(April 8, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Microsoft Announces New Win32 Driver Model Device Driver Support for DVD(April 8, 1997)
- PRNewswire: ATI's motion compensation for DVD software selected by Intel to demonstrate software DVD(April 8, 1997)
- Reuter: DVD-RAM format to be unveiled soon by Toshiba(April 8, 1997)
- Business Wire.: Philips Semiconductors' TriMedia group publishes performance data for its
media processor(April 8, 1997)
- Business Wire: Philips Semiconductors introduces company's first Big Cats videographics controllers for the PC Market(April 8, 1997)
- Business Wire: InnovaCom takes lead in DVD development at NAB(April 9, 1997)
- E-town: RCA makes it official(April 9, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Kao/PCSW expands authoring capacity at DVD studios in Hollywood(April 9, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Kao Infosystems/PCSW alliance produces first DVD-ROM/Video hybrid in U.S.(April 9, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Kao/Pacific Coast Sound Works/The Mastering Studios@Kao to make DVD Sampler for Sony Canada(April 9, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Harman International previews dual-transport DVD changer(April 9, 1997)
- Business Wire: Rainmaker announces operations update(April 9, 1997)
- Business Wire: DVD Forum announces DVD interim format/logo licensing(April 10, 1997)
- Reuter: Thomson unveils DVD, keeps expectations low(April 11, 1997)
- USA Today/AP: DVD group to license technology(April 11, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Nikkei English News: Uniform DVD-RAM standard adopted(April 11, 1997)
- Agreement about DVD-R and DVD-RAM formats announced(April 14, 1997)
- Electronic Buyers News: Draft DVD-RAM specification OK(April 14, 1997)
- Business Wire: Chromatic Research and STB Systems announce Mpact-based DVD solution for PC(April 14, 1997)
- Business Wire: DVD Forum announces DVD-RAM and DVD-R formats(April 14, 1997)
- Reuter: DVD inventors agree on DVD-RAM, DVD-R formats(April 14, 1997)
- Entertainment Wire: Warner, New Line and MGM with more titles in April(April 14, 1997)
- USA Today: DVD shows clear signs of success(April 15, 1997)
- USA Today: So sharp and simple it might catch on(April 15, 1997)
- USA Today: For film buffs, DVD's theatrical quality nearly hits home(April 15, 1997)
- Reuters/Variety: DVD Panel united on standard formats(April 15, 1997)
- Business Wire: Pioneer DVD-ROM drives now shipping for OEM distribution(April 15, 1997)
- Business Wire: Pioneer announces 24X CD-ROM drive(April 15, 1997)
- Business Wire: Panasonic announces 24X CD-ROM drive(April 15, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Panasonic appoints new top executive for California-based DVD disc factory(April 15, 1997)
- News.com: PCs and TVs get DVD(April 15, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Nikkei: Matsushita eyes smaller, lighter DVD player(April 15, 1997)
- VAR Business: Industry experiences 12X CD-ROM explosion(April 15, 1997)
- VAR Business: New technology speeds up peripherals(April 15, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image/Playboy(April 16, 1997)
- Business Wire: Samsung and LG Electronics to incorporate Macrovision in all players(April 16, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Philips, Sony, Pioneer to jointly license DVD patent rights(April 17, 1997)
- E-Town: DVD is hot(April 17, 1997)
- Business Wire: Minerva Systems announces affordable real-time MPEG-2 audio and VBR video encoder(April 18, 1997)
- Business Wire: Minerva adds Dolby Digital surround sound encoding to Compressionist line(April 18, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD new release info(April 18, 1997)
- EE Times: DVD Forum spins a "reliable" recording format(April 21, 1997)
- EE Times: Good company(Slow DVD-ROM launch)(April 21, 1997)
- EE Times: MPEG-2 encoding put on single chip for consumer use(April 21, 1997)
- Business Wire: Hi-Val introduces first wireless DVD system, linking the computer to the television(April 21, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Polygram(April 21, 1997)
- E-Town: DVD forum sets standards pact(April 21, 1997)
- TWICE: One-Stop patent licensing plan for DVD fizzles(April 21, 1997)
- TWICE: DVD Forum sets standards pact(April 21, 1997)
- TWICE: NATM execs fear HDTV overhype(April 21, 1997)
- Business Wire: Liberty Computer Systems to sell DVD solutions based on Chromatic Research Mpact products(April 21, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Nikkei: Matsushita firm to sell DVD-ROM car navigation system in June(April 22, 1997)
- Digital Theater/NewsBytes: DVD video titles pass 200 in Japan(April 22, 1997)
- PRNewswire: The Good Guys! partners with Image Entertainment for DVD software distribution(April 23, 1997)
- Business Wire: Hitachi announces world's first DVD-RAM drive, samples in June(April 23, 1997)
- Reuters: Matsushita develops PD compatible DVD-RAM drives(April 23, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Image Entertainment & EDS team up on DVD(April 23, 1997)
- Business Wire: "The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage" to premiere on DVD(April 23, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Lumivision(April 23, 1997)
- Business Wire: DVD Consortium to be transformed into DVD Forum(April 24, 1997)
- TechWire: Philips DVD rollout to include software plans(April 24, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner(April 25, 1997)
- Electronic Buyers News: Hitachi throws gauntlet down with DVD-RAMs(April 28, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: Hitachi, Panasonic among manufacturers offering new products in category -- DVD-ROM picks up speed at retail(April 28, 1997)
- EE Times: FireWire plan protects video transfer -- Intel bids to break copyright stalemate(April 28, 1997)
- Electronic Buyers News: SGS-Thomson introduces MPEG decoder(April 28, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Nikkei Keizai Shimbun: DVD-RAM standard holds key to DVD growth(April 28, 1997)
- Business Wire: NEC announces Signafy -- new company for multimedia watermarking solutions(April 28, 1997)
- Business Wire: Macrovision Corporation reports higher sales, earnings for first quarter(April 28, 1997)
- PRNewswire: ImpacTV2 for flicker-free TV-out like never before(April 28, 1997)
- Consumers satisfied with DVD image quality(April 28, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Sony(April 28, 1997)
- E-Town: Philips/Polygram bring DVD to the masses(April 29, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image(April 30, 1997)
- EE Times: Japan leaps into DVD-RAM(May 1, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Metro announces DVD release schedule(May 1, 1997)
- TWICE: Philips outlines DVD plan(May 1, 1997)
- MacWeek: Minerva prepares DVD encoder(May 1, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Polygram(May 2, 1997)
- EE Times: Additions turn set-top boxes into DVDs(May 5, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: Early adoption rates in consumer market encourage secondary suppliers(May 5, 1997)
- EE Times: Multimedia still drives the game(May 5, 1997)
- EE Times: Elitegroup approach taps hard drive in 100x CD-ROM speedup(May 5, 1997)
- TWICE: 44k DVD players sold through March(May 5, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Comline: Hitachi group sets ambitious DVD sales doals(May 5, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Procom announces industry's first DVD-ROM server(May 5, 1997)
- LA Times: Companies testing the DVD waters(May 5, 1997)
- Business Wire: Xing Technology Corporation introduces XingMPEG Encoder2, the fastest software encoder(May 6, 1997) -removed.
- Digital Theater/Nikkei: DVD players to go on sale in Asian markets before Europe(May 7, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Korea Economic Daily: Samsung takes over 3DO semiconductor unit for DVD(May 7, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Comline: Matsushita aims for production of 1 million DVD players(May 7, 1997)
- MacWeek: New DVD-RAM spec spurs Hitachi drives(May 7, 1997)
- MacWeek: Sonic DVD Studio handles MPEG-2(May 8, 1997)
- Business Wire: Pioneers of digital media join forces to create dHouse Inc., entirely focused on DVD(May 8, 1997) -removed.
- Business Wire: First CineMaster Licensee now shipping QI'S DVD decoder board in volume(May 8, 1997) -removed.
- Digital Theater/NewsBytes: Pioneer announces first DVD car navigation system(May 8, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Pioneer(May 8, 1997)
- Matsushita develops DVD-RAM drive and disk(May 8, 1997)
- NewMedia: DVD-ROM upgrade kits arrive(May 9, 1997)
- PRNewswire: New Toshiba player to offer surround sound with 2 speakers(May 9, 1997)
- Nikkei Electronics: Matsushita DVD-RAM price tops 50,000 Yen(May 9, 1997)
- EE Times: Encryption won't prevent the infringement of DVD disks(May 12, 1997)
- Business Wire: Zoran introduces the Vaddis family of integrated DVD decoders, advanced MPEG 2/Dolby Digital single-chip solution(May 12, 1997)
- Entertainment Wire: LIVE Entertainment to release 6 titles in national DVD launch(May 12, 1997)
- Newsbytes: DVD player sales climbing after six months on sale in Japan(May 12, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Encryption mandates by DVD consortium hit home, in EMedia Professional's June 1997 issue(May 13, 1997)
- Business Wire: QSound Labs licenses QSurround 3D Positional Audio Technology to Samsung(May 13, 1997)
- Business Wire: InnovaCom to close the acquisition of Sierra Vista Entertainment(May 13, 1997)
- Business Wire: MountainGate and Sonic Solutions team to improve DVD premastering systems(May 14, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Midisoft signs DVD player OEM license with STB Systems(May 15, 1997)
- Business Wire: Digital Video Systems, Inc. announces plans to develop DVD player(May 15, 1997)
- E-Town: New DVDs from Live, Warner(May 15, 1997)
- Business Wire: DVD '97 Seminar -- A forum to provide engineers with answers(May 15, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Comline: Sony develops signal processing technology(May 19, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Newsbytes: Business Show '97 - DVD authoring system from Pioneer(May 19, 1997)
- Communications Week: Zoran Vaddis chip heralds lower DVD prices(May 19, 1997)
- EE Times: Pioneer preps DVD car-navigation unit(May 19, 1997)
- Central Park Media with the first release of Japanese animation on DVD in the US(May 19, 1997)
- Reuters: Sony develops high-capacity optical disc(May 20, 1997)
- Newsbytes: Sony Developing rival to DVD(May 20, 1997)
- Reuter: Nimbus CD sees DVD demand gaining momentum(May 21, 1997)
- Business Wire: Nimbus CD reports fiscal 1997 fourth quarter and year end financial results(May 21, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Electronic Buyers' News: First-generation DVD players incorporate a slew of discrete components(May 21, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Electronic Buyers' News: DVD road maps for consumers, PCs to diverge(May 21, 1997)
- Digital Theater/Electronic Buyers' News: Days of the plain-vanilla MPEG decoder on the wane(May 21, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Siskel and Ebert showcase new Digital Video Discs(May 22, 1997)
- Business Wire: genX Software and dHouse announce development partnership for games on DVD(May 23, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Alanis Morissette to release "jagged little pill, Live" on DVD(May 23, 1997)
- EE Times: Copy-protect logjam stalls DVD-PC debut(May 26, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: Drive may hit by year-end -- Philips puts focus on DVD-ROM(May 26, 1997)
- EE Times: Sony with 12-Gbyte optical drive seen as VCR replacement(May 26, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Republic, Central Park Media and Simitar(May 26, 1997)
- Hollywood Reporter: DVDs pushing lasers aside(May 27, 1997) - removed.
- Business Wire: NB Digital to develop DVD movie titles for major home entertainment supplier(May 27, 1997)
- Business Wire: C-Cube integrates copy protection and decryption into its single-chip decoder(May 27, 1997)
- Business Wire: E4 chooses Mpact technology for DVD add-in cards(May 27, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Matsushita unveils energy-efficient video chip(May 28, 1997)
- Business Wire: Jazz and Kasan to incorporate C-Cube's ZiVA DVD decoders(May 28, 1997)
- Business Wire: Sigma Designs announces REALmagic DVD/MPEG-2 playback card(May 28, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Central Park Media agrees to pact With Image Entertainment for DVD output deal(May 28, 1997)
- Reuter: S3 buys stake in Faroudja Laboratories(May 28, 1997)
- PRNewswire: S3 licenses technology from Faroudja to bring cinema-quality video to a mainstream consumer PC(May 28, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar(May 28, 1997)
- c't-Archiv jetzt auch auf DVD(May 28, 1997)
- TWICE: DVD complements unveiled at Hi-Fi '97(May 29, 1997)
- PRNewswire: DynaTek Automation Systems offers complete DVD PC upgrade kit(May 30, 1997)
- Reuter: The Electronic Industries Association of Japan elects new chairman(May 30, 1997)
- PRNewswire: New DVD Audio Format on the horizon; worldwide recording industry to conduct listening tests(May 30, 1997)
- Business Wire: Toshiba's DVD Developer's Platform designed to accelerate Microsoft DirectShow 2.0 title development(May 30, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar(May 30, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: PolyGram to release music DVDs featuring U2, 3 tenors this year(June 2, 1997)
- TWICE DVD software distributors list(June 2, 1997)
- Business Wire: Zoran receives DVD copy protection software license from CSS(June 3, 1997)
- Business Wire: Packard Bell incorporates Zoran/CompCore SoftPEG-2 software in MMX PCs(June 3, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from New Line, Warner and MGM(June 3, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Philips offers DVD verification services and help-desk to industry(June 5, 1997)
- PRNewswire: JVC America, Inc. announces grand opening of JVC Disc America in Sacramento(June 5, 1997)
- Business Wire: DVD new product showcase to debut at Nikkei BP BizTech DVD '97 seminar(June 5, 1997)
- NEWS.COM: IBM builds DVD into new PCs(June 6, 1997)
- Laserviews: Various DVD updates(June 6, 1997)
- EE Times: DVD-enabled PCs set to ship(June 9, 1997)
- Electronic Buyers News: Gate opens for DVD in PCs -- System builders granted key decoding license(June 9, 1997)
- EE Times: Matsushita pushes slim drive(June 9, 1997)
- Reuter: Cree Research says developes blue laser(June 9, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Cree Research first U.S. company to demonstrate room temperature Gallium Nitride Blue Laser(June 9, 1997)
- Business Wire: Zapex with industry's first Dolby-certified real-time Dolby Digital audio encoding system(June 9, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Energy Conversion Devices announces agreement with TDK on rewritable optical disk technology(June 9, 1997)
- Business Wire: OSTA growth further unifies optical storage industry(June 9, 1997)
- Reuter: Matsushita develops high-storage video discs(June 9, 1997)
- Business Wire: Burr-Brown announces ICs ideal for DVD and CD-quality applications(June 9, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Matsushita develops technology for 15G rewritable optical disk(June 10, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Sony, Philips working on optical disc for improved digital recording(June 10, 1997)
- Wideband online: DVD software takes steps in right direction(June 10, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image(June 10, 1997)
- JapanBizTech: Special Report from DVD '97(June 10, 1997)
- Korea Herald: Despite the hype, market slow on DVD uptake; slow release of software titles seen to be main reason(June 10, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: New releases flooding digital videodisc market(June 11, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Entertainment Media Services to offer DVD testing service(June 11, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Pioneer, street dates and some unlimited Warner releases(June 11, 1997)
- E-Town: First U.S. "audio only" DVD announced(June 12, 1997)
- E-Town: First multi-angle DVDs are X-rated(June 12, 1997)
- TWICE: Vivid readies first multi-angle DVD titles(June 12, 1997)
- Business Wire/Hitachi press briefing: DVD-RAM and DVD-ROM for computer applications(June 12, 1997)
- EE Times: Experts predict this is the year for DVD(June 13, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner Music and more street dates(June 13, 1997)
- PRNewswire: The industry's first DVD-ROM servers from Procom scheduled to ship June 16(June 13, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Matsushita Communication to sell DVD car navigation system(June 14, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: Vendors have high hopes for DVD sales(June 16, 1997)
- EE Times: Copy protection remains barrier to DVD's launch(June 16, 1997)
- EE Times: High-definition DVD is target of Matsushita drive(June 16, 1997)
- EE Times: Hitachi plans flexible DVD video recorder(June 16, 1997)
- Computer Reseller News: New Hitachi drives(June 16, 1997)
- News.com: DVD-ROM momentum builds(June 16, 1997)
- Digital Theater News/Nikkei: Yamaha develops digital audio mixer for dvd software(June 16, 1997)
- TWICE: Recording industry expecting year-end DVD music standard(June 16, 1997)
- TWICE: DVD, DTV influence felt at Hi-Fi '97 show(June 16, 1997)
- TWICE: DVD purchase patterns in early adopter mode(June 16, 1997)
- TWICE: DVD is among PC expo stars(June 16, 1997)
- Business Wire: Diamond Multimedia introduces high-performance DVD kit(June 16, 1997)
- Business Wire: Zombie VR Studios and ShadowCatcher Entertainment form joint venture to co-produce Liberty, a CGI movie and game for DVD(June 16, 1997)
- Business Wire: Oak Technology debuts Troika, integrated MPEG-2/Dolby Digital DVD decoder(June 16, 1997)
- Business Wire: Zoran/CompCore 1st to demonstrate full software DVD solution with copy protection(June 16, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from United American(June 16, 1997)
- TWICE: Multichannel formats stake claim in audio, video markets at event(June 16, 1997)
- CEMA: 96,000 players shipped by June, laserdisc player sales plummeted(June 16, 1997)
- PRNewswire: LG Electronics introduces DVD-ROM drive(June 17, 1997)
- New Dolby Digital multichannel encoder features lower cost, CE compliance(June 17, 1997)
- Business Wire: Hitachi details strategy for DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM products in computer market(June 18, 1997)
- Business Wire: Kagan projects DVD movie sales to reach $13 Bil. within 10 years(June 18, 1997)
- Business Wire: genX Software and dHouse announce Dead-Moon Junction, a DVD game(June 18, 1997)
- Reuter: InnovaCom sees film revs reaching $40 mln(June 18, 1997)
- Digital Theater News/Nikkei: Toshiba unveils promotional DVD system for retailers(June 18, 1997)
- Reuters: Gateway to launch big screen PC/TV with DVD(June 19, 1997)
- Business Wire: Gateway 2000 chooses Mpact DVD(June 19, 1997)
- Business Wire: Intel to bring DVD movie and interactive playback to the mainstream PC by year-end(June 19, 1997)
- Business Wire: Interactive publishers are using DVD as an entree to the TV, new InfoTech study shows(June 19, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Creative accelerates DVD market with its "PC-DVD Encore" at $379!(June 19, 1997)
- Business Wire: TerraGlyph demonstrates first interactive children's title on DVD(June 19, 1997)
- Laserviews: Street dates(June 19, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, street dates(June 20, 1997)
- JapanBizTech/Nikei: Hitachi aims to triple DVD storage to 25GB/side(June 23, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Elms bridges gap between CD and DVD(June 24, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, street dates(June 24, 1997)
- JapanBizTech: Acer peripherals readies '98 DVD-ROM launch(June 24, 1997)
- Business Wire: First workstation-based digital audio encoder to receive Dolby approval(June 25, 1997)
- Business Wire: Wave Systems creates "Pay-per-Use" system for software titles using online microtransactions(June 24, 1997)
- Business Wire: IBM announces new descrambler software(June 25, 1997)
- Laserviews: Street dates(June 25, 1997)
- Hong Kong Standard: Bill to allow copyright lawsuits passed tuesday 24.(June 25, 1997) - removed.
- EE Times: Philips, Sony propose DSD based disc system for the next generation audio(June 26, 1997)
- Digital Theater News: Study points to DVD-ROM hybridization(June 27, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Simitar, Street dates(June 27, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: Vendors forecast drives will be scarce in PCs - DVD unlikely to be home for holidays(June 30, 1997)
- TWICE: Retailers Counting On Big-Screen TVs, DVD for second half(June 30, 1997)
- TWICE: WEA Releases DVD Beyond 7-City Limit(June 30, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Image Entertainment announces fiscal 1997 revenues(July 1, 1997)
- Laserviews: Title change for the Three Tenors(July 1, 1997)
- Digital Theater News/Nikkei: Hitachi Maxell to mass-produce DVD products(July 2, 1997)
- Business Wire: Industry to discuss formation of DVD Video Group(July 2, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Zenith launches DVD merchandising program(July 2, 1997)
- Laserviews: Street date confirmations and changes(July 3, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Japan, U.S., Europe agree standards for 6-gigabyte MO disk(July 4, 1997)
- Die Welt: Digitale Hackordnung beim Filmgenuß via DVD(July 4, 1997)
- Laserviews: Video Essentials update(July 6, 1997)
- Laserviews: Street dates, announcements from Polygram and Lumivision(July 7, 1997)
- TWICE: DVD to star during VSDA convention(July 7, 1997)
- TWICE: Schulze upbeat about DVD(July 7, 1997)
- TWICE: RIAA pans Philips' CD-RW plans(July 7, 1997)
- Business Wire: Sonic Solutions introduces proofing tools for DVD production(July 7, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: Aladdin set-top to combine interactive games, TV, DVD(July 7, 1997)
- Computer Reseller News: VARS; Optical storage alternative -- DVD-ROM drives are hitting the channel(July 7, 1997)
- Business Wire: PAL Version of Macrovision accepted by rights owners and manufacturers of DVD players(July 7, 1997)
- Sonic Solutions and Daikin bring high-density audio to DVD(July 7, 1997)
- Washington Post: DVD strives to be a player(July 8, 1997)
- Business Wire: Major studios take DVD nationwide(July 8, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Image Entertainment and Metromedia Entertainment pact for DVD releases(July 8, 1997)
- E-town News: Warner movie DVDs go national this fall(July 8, 1997)
- Laserviews: Street date changes(July 8, 1997)
- Reuters: Film studios set nationwide rollout for DVD(July 8, 1997)
- Business Wire: NB Digital releases DVD-Video movie titles(July 9, 1997)
- TWICE: Metromedia to release dozen DVD titles(July 9, 1997)
- TWICE: Warner Home Video announces national DVD rollout(July 9, 1997)
- E-town News: Warner explains DVD move(July 9, 1997)
- Origo: Hollywood satser på digital video(July 9, 1997)
- Business Wire: Nimbus CD International announces capability for dual-layer production(July 10, 1997)
- TWICE: LIVE bows DVD for visually impaired(July 10, 1997)
- TWICE: Columbia TriStar adds 26 more DVD titles(July 10, 1997)
- TWICE: Hardware, software firms form DVD home video group(July 10, 1997)
- Laserviews: Universal officially enters the DVD market with titles in P&S(July 10, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Universal Studios Home Video announces support of DVD format(July 10, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD news and street dates(July 10, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Matsushita Electronics, U.S. venture to develop blue laser(July 11, 1997)
- EE Times: MPEG LA begins one-stop shop MPEG-2 video licensing(July 11, 1997)
- TWICE: Universal Home Video enters DVD market(July 11, 1997)
- Business Wire: Toshiba to unveil the next generation of DVD video players on July 15th(July 11, 1997)
- E-town News: Universal sayd yes to DVD(July 11, 1997)
- Pause Magazine: VSDA 97 report(July 13, 1997)
- Computer Reseller News: Hitachi unveils first DVD drive -- Samples sent to select few(July 14, 1997)
- EE Times: MPEG-2 patent-licensing body opens for business(July 14, 1997)
- EE Times: Digital-media tools in demand(July 14, 1997)
- Business Wire: Sony's Virtuoso IC family for DVB set-top box And DVD applications(July 14, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Republic(July 14, 1997)
- Business Wire: Meridian Data announces DVD-ROM networking solutions(July 14, 1997)
- Business Wire: Crystal Semiconductor raises digital audio Standard with 120-dB, 96-kHz A/D converter(July 14, 1997)
- Le Monde: Le premier DVD-ROM français(July 14, 1997)
- Business Wire: Discovery Channel Multimedia and Multicom Publishing with licensing and distribution agreement(July 15, 1997)
- Toshiba with two second-generation players(July 15, 1997)
- E-town News: Toshiba's next gen DVD players(July 15, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, postponed street dates(July 16, 1997)
- JapanBizTech: Taiwan companies ask Japan to make DVDs(July 16, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: Toshiba predicts sales of DVD players will fall short of expectations(July 16, 1997)
- Dolby to promote the Dolby Digital format for music(July 16, 1997)
- Business Wire: Think New Ideas, Inc. selected by Pioneer Electronics to launch their advanced home theatre with DVD(July 17, 1997)
- Business Wire: C-Cube reports revenue and profits for second quarter of 1997(July 17, 1997)
- Business Wire: InnovaCom announces MPEG-2 encoding board for Sun Microsystems' new Ultra 30 workstation(July 17, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, MGM, New Line, Warner Music, Simitar, street dates changes(July 17, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Matsushita to expand DVD software business in Japan and the U.K.(July 18, 1997)
- Laserviews: Tentative street dates(July 18, 1997)
- Business Wire: Sunset Post uses NUKO DVDComposer to produce first PolyGram DVD titles(July 18, 1997)
- TWICE: Chesky slates fall release of DVD Music(July 21, 1997)
- TWICE: Laserdisc sales drop hurts Image(July 21, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Fleetwood Mac DVD to coincide with release of new album(July 22, 1997) - removed.
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from MCA Music, Sony, Simitar(July 22, 1997)
- CNN: DVD dazzles, but high cost stalls acceptance(July 22, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: DVD manufacturers to beef up regional coding(July 23, 1997)
- Business Wire: Electric Switch becomes first UK authoring facility to provide Macrovision(July 23, 1997)
- Business Wire: Eleven more authoring facilities sign up to provide Macrovision DVD copy protection(July 23, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Latest DVD report retailer survey shows sales of DVD-Video are exceeding supply(July 24, 1997) - removed.
- PRNewswire: Image Entertainment positions itself in burgeoning DVD market(July 24, 1997)
- Business Wire: Digital Video Systems announces first quarter results(July 24, 1997)
- Reuter: Go-Video sees higher Q1 net(July 24, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Multicom, street date and title changes(July 24, 1997)
- JapanBizTech: Taiwan firms to make DVDs in large volume(July 24, 1997)
- A new multi-compatible DVD player from Samsung(July 24, 1997)
- Laserviews: Update about anamorphic DVDs, street dates(July 25, 1997)
- Electronic Buyers News: Upcoming MPEG chips pose problem for buyers - none of them have identical features(July 28, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: DVD player sales not what industry hoped(July 28, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: FireWire, USB could alter how peripherals are built, bought, sold(July 28, 1997)
- Digital Theater News/Newsbytes: Fujitsu to mass produce blue lasers with new technology(July 28, 1997)
- Reuter: Recording industry agrees on DVD-Audio guidelines(July 28, 1997) -removed.
- Digital Theater News/PRNewswire: ESS samples MPEG-2/AC-3 decoder and DVD reference design(July 28, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Pioneer(July 29, 1997)
- Digital Daily: DVD software takes babysteps in the right direction(July 29, 1997)
- JapanBizTech: DVD-ROM production subject to major delay(July 29, 1997)
- JapanBizTech: Japanese DVD makers seek Taiwan tie ups(July 29, 1997)
- Business Wire: InnovaCom, Mitsubishi to develop first DVD-recording system for data and image storage(July 29, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Cree Research with continuous wave blue laser operation at room temperature(July 29, 1997)
- EE Times: Chip set permits upgrade to DVD(July 30, 1997)
- Business Wire: "Selena" available on video Sept. 23(July 31, 1997)
- Business Wire: "Fathers' Day" arrives on video Sept. 9(July 31, 1997)
- JapanBizTech/Nikkei: DVD makers to control playback regionally(July 31, 1997)
- The Home Recording Rights Coalition opposes H.R. 2281(July 31, 1997)
- Business Wire: DVD on the Mac debuts at MACWORLD(August 1, 1997)
- Business Wire: dHouse announces plan to build new DVD development and production facility(August 1, 1997)
- EE Times: MO-drive group scales back next-generation spec(August 1, 1997)
- TWICE: DVD delivery update(August 4, 1997)
- Business Wire: Zoran announces NTSC/PAL encoder core with Macrovision 7.01(August 4, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia, street dates(August 4, 1997)
- Computer Retail Week: Q4 DVD market wields two-edged sword, experts say(August 4, 1997)
- EE Times: Red lasers due in time for DVD-RAM drive debut(August 5, 1997)
- Reuters: Research Alert-Salomon cuts Zoran EPS(August 5, 1997)
- Business Wire: New DRAM enhances performance and cuts costs in DVD players(August 5, 1997)
- Business Wire: Digital Video Systems forms joint venture for DVD and VCD manufacturing facility in China(August 5, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, MGM, New Line, United American, nationwide release update(August 5, 1997)
- E-Town: Sony unleashes 2nd DVD player(August 5, 1997)
- The Age: $17m DVD factory opens in Austraila(August 5, 1997)
- New date for Warner national rollout(August 6, 1997)
- TWICE: Sony accelerates DVD marketing efforts(August 6, 1997)
- Business Wire: The DVD Forum seeks new members(August 6, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Procom ships 28-bay integrated network-attached CD/DVD-ROM solution(August 6, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, street dates(August 7, 1997)
- Digital Theater News/Nikkei: Toshiba aims DVD player at global market(August 8, 1997)
- Austrailian Financial Review: DVDs for locale release(August 8, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Polygram, street dates(August 8, 1997)
- Computer Reseller News: Meridian Data debuts DVD servers(August 11, 1997)
- EE Times: DVD-RAM standard wins some support(August 11, 1997)
- EE Times: Fujitsu reports a 414-nm laser - Race toward blue laser picks up speed(August 11, 1997)
- Business Wire: $35-Million Box-Office Comedy Hit "Addicted to Love" Gets Hooked on Video Oct. 28(August 11, 1997)
- Business Wire: NB Digital signs new DVD movie title agreement(August 11, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, corrections(August 11, 1997)
- Business Wire: Zoran licenses Macrovision 7.01 copy protection technology for its NTSC/PAL encoder(August 11, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Electronics firms focus on overseas markets for DVD players(August 12, 1997)
- Business Wire: CagEnt with desktop MPEG-2 encoding(August 12, 1997)
- Business Wire: $110 million "Batman & Robin" flies into stores this fall(August 12, 1997)
- Reuter: Sony, Philips, H-P seek DVD-RAM format approval(August 12, 1997)
- Reuters: Sony breaks ranks with DVD consortium(August 13, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Kao Infosystems manufactures DVDs in U.S.(August 13, 1997)
- News.Com: Sony seeks new DVD-RAM standard(August 13, 1997)
- Laserviews: Street dates, cancelation(August 13, 1997)
- N.Y. Times: Sony, Philips, H-P to abandon DVD accord(August 13, 1997)
- Business Wire: Minerva introduces DVD-Professional, a complete production system for DVD-Video titles(August 14, 1997)
- Reuters: Disc dispute could undermine market debut(August 14, 1997)
- Reuters: NEC entry heats up race in rewritable memory discs(August 14, 1997)
- PRNewswire: Image Entertainment reports first quarter results(August 14, 1997)
- Digital Theater News/NewsBytes: Sony, Philips, HP propose alternate to DVD-RAM(August 14, 1997)
- Reuter: NEC launching its own high-capacity disc technology(August 14, 1997)
- San Jose Mercury News: Video disc war looms(August 14, 1997)
- Reuter: Talk of video disc format war premature - analysts(August 14, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: NEC seeks edge on 5.2GB M-O disk to debut next year(August 14, 1997)
- News.Com: NEC to release 5.2GB disk(August 14, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, Sony, street dates(August 14, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Ricoh adopts Sony/Philips DVD format for mass-storage disc system(August 15, 1997)
- EE Times: MPEG LA serves as model for pooling of patents(August 15, 1997)
- Reuter: Pioneer seen returning to recovery path in 1st qtr(August 15, 1997)
- Reuter: Ricoh to develop new optical disc system--paper(August 15, 1997)
- Reuter: Standards battle may doom rewritable DVD(August 15, 1997)
- Business Wire: Optical disk drive shipments to exceed 70 million units in 1997(August 15, 1997)
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Pioneer, Republic, street dates(August 15, 1997)
- JapanBizTech: Taiwan CD-ROM makers delay 32x drives(August 15, 1997)
- JapanBizTech: Singapore firms regain confidence after turnabout(August 15, 1997)
- JapanBizTech: Taiwan DVD makers see battle for 2nd gen devices(August 15, 1997)
- Die Welt: Philips und Sony gehen eigene Wege bei DVD(August 16, 1997)
- Philadelphia Inquirer: Fight over standards may derail do-it-all disc(August 17, 1997)
- EE Times: Sony, Philips ready DVD-RAM alternative -- Rewritable-drive rift splits DVD Consortium(August 18, 1997)
- Electronic Buyers News: Rift develops on standard for DVD-RAM(August 18, 1997)
- Business Wire: DVD Forum proposes DVD-RAM format version 1.0 to ISO(August 18, 1997)
- Reuter: Pioneer back on recovery path with upbeat profits(August 18, 1997)
- TWICE: AES Show topics include DVD Audio, FireWire(August 18, 1997)
- TWICE: Incompatible DVD-RAM format proposed by Sony, Philips, HP(August 18, 1997)
- TWICE: July video sales bounce back(August 18, 1997)
- Business Wire: Cinram POP DVD Center opens in Santa Monica(August 18, 1997)
- Reuters: Ricoh becomes latest with new disc format(August 18, 1997)
- Digital Theater News/Nikkei: Dynaware to sell inexpensive DVD authoring software (August 18, 1997)
- Laserviews: Street dates, additional info(August 18, 1997)
- Audio Week: Unanswered Questions Shroud Sony-philips Rewritable Dvd Proposal(August 18, 1997)
- Video Week: Zoom Tv is "outmoded Business Model" -- Lieberfarb(August 18, 1997)
- Consumer Electronics: Joint DVD venture in China(August 18, 1997)
- Newsbytes: NEC to launch next-generation optical disk format next year(August 18, 1997)
August 19
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Sony-led group keeps door open on common DVD-RAM specs
- Reuter: DVD Forum courting NEC to avoid disc format war
- Media Daily: Sony touches off New round of DVD wildcatting
- Business Wire: Sonic leads in DVD production sites with over 100 installations
- MacWeek: E4 to make DVD cool
August 21
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Common standards group seeks European approval of DVD-RAM specs
- Wired: DVD "magazine" gives short films a home
- PC Week: DVD dispute will not affect read-only version
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Elite, Street dates
- News.Com: Toshiba does DVD for portables
- JapanBizTech: DVD drives become key accessory for high-end PCs
- NASA sends DVD to Saturn
- Die Welt: Einigung über PC-Speicher
- Bookwire: Launch delays hobble DVD; publishers wary
- Berliner Zeitung: Video Disc macht sich selbst unbrauchbar
August 22
- Warner launch DVD titles nationally
- EE Times: 3-Gbyte DVD-RAM scheme picks up supporters
- EE Times: Single-chip MPEG-2 codec to emerge
- Business Wire: Warner Home Video takes DVD national
- NewStream: Major movie studios announce national launch Of DVD
- PRNewswire: Best Buy leads nation in DVD sales
- Business Wire: Panasonic introduces world's first DVD notebook PC
- Laserviews: Street dates
- News.Com: Hundreds of films come to DVD
August 23
- O Globo: Gradiente quebra o acordo mundial sobre venda de DVD
August 25
- EE Times: How to reduce memory in DVD systems
- Computer Retail Week: DVD titles tailored for sale, not rental
- Computer Retail Week: DVD-RAM split poses shelf shuffle - four rival formats
- EE Times: Single-chip solutions due from C-Cube, LSI Logic
- EE Times: Matsushita provides single-chip solution
- Electronic Buyers News: C-Cube's digital codec targets HDTV market
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar
- Reuters: DVD hits format rift
- EE Times: MPEG ICs turn PC into a low-cost VCR
August 26
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Hitachi to shift consumer camcorder line to disc recording
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: DVD consortium to plan format for second-generation media
- Reuter: C-Cube unveils recording, playback video chip
- Australian Financial Review: Defectors try to delay movie disk plan
- Business Wire: Pioneer announces DVDesigner latest DVD-Video development and design tool
- PRNewswire: NEC Electronics unveils first 32-bit microcontroller with Rambus interface
- Digital Theater News/Comline: CD-R molders booming; makers awaiting DVD growth
- The Hollywood Reporter: Embracing DVD means most to Disney, TW - removed.
- PRNewswire: ESS Technology and InnovaCom in joint development on MPEG-2 product
- News.Com: New tool aids DVD production
August 27
- Business Wire: Minerva Systems introduces professional DVD emulation solution
- Business Wire: Minerva Systems announces high speed networking for DVD production environment
- Laserviews: Street dates
- Cemacity: New standard helps safeguard DVD digital-to-analog copyrights
August 28
- The New Straits Times: DVD takes data storage to new heights
- Business Wire: Clear-Vu'S "DVD Keeper" eliminates DVD sell-through shrinkage losses
- Chicago Tribune: Digital Video Format Is Making Strong Gains
- Nikkei: Hitachi to launch in-house DVD player
- JapanBizTech: NEC to propose specs for Multimedia Video File
- Zwei DVD-Video Player von Philips ab Herbst
August 29
- DVD sales exceeded Laserdisc sales this week in the U.S.
- Der Tagesspiegel: Klangentfaltung in Perfektion
- EE Times: DVD Forum steps up to 4.7-Gbyte density
- Business Wire: Warner Home Video to introduce DVD movies across Europe in first quarter 1998
- Reuter: Manufacturers roll out DVD products in Europe
- Digital Theater News/NewsBytes: DVD Video sales figures announced by some
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Pioneer, Simitar, street dates
- Philips to unveil new DVD-Video players at IFA
August 30
- Berliner Zeitung: Nachfolger des Videorecorders steht fest
- EE Times: Microsoft "Bobs and Weaves" to living room
- Audiomap: Europastart erst Frühjahr 1998
- Audiomap: Kein AC-3-Ton bei deutschen Filmen
August 31
- Audiomap: "Schickt die in Europa verkauften AC3-Decoder als Spende nach Bosnien", Warren Lieberfarb
- Audiomap: Euro-DVD mit MPEG2-Ton schockt Japaner
- Audiomap: Musik-DVD jetzt lieferbar von Denon
- Audiomap: DVD-Player made in Germany
September 1
- EE Times: Rating the companies
- Electronic Buyers News: Sigma Designs reports 2Q loss
- EE Times: S3 takes separate video path
- Electronic Buyers News: Zoran adds authentication/decryption functionality
- Video Business News: DVD sales jump 80% - removed.
- Berliner Zeitung: Pioneer sieht Probleme bei Markteinführung von DVD
- TWICE: Dolby Digital makes impact at retail
- TWICE: DVD, audio lift home theater sales
- Consumer Electronics: DVD-RAM compatibility shown
September 2
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Matsushita develops chip set for faster DVD-ROM drives
- The Independent: Another delay for DVD
- JapanBizTech: Toshiba debuts notebook 2x DVD-ROM drives
- Reuters: DVD targets Europe for early 98
- USA Today: Studios fear films will be illegally copied
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Tai Seng, Sony, Simitar, additional info
- TWICE: Debate over DVD Audio platforms rages at Berlin show
September 3
- The Times of London: Players declare DVD war
- News.Com: DVD-RAM may store more
- Business Wire: Macrovision and Digimarc introduce new DVD digital copyright protection solution
- Business Wire: Leaders in CD-R and CD-RW announce phase-change rewritable, DVD-compatible disc format
- News.Com: Trying to protect copyrights on DVD
- JapanBizTech: Next gen 6GB MO disk format to be set soon
- News.Com: DVD-RAM may store more
September 4
- Disney announce support of DVD
- Reuter: Sony, five others unveil rewritable disc format
- PRNewswire: Walt Disney Studios will enter DVD market, products available by Christmas
- Business Wire: Digital Video Systems finalizes joint venture for DVD manufacturing facillity in China
- Digital Theater News/NewsBytes: DVD vendors slug it out at IFA fair
- Reuter: Disney backs DVD with holiday product launch
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, street dates, additional info
- MSNBC: Disney decides to do DVD
- USA Today: Disney to offer movies on DVDs
September 5
- Business Wire: Sonic Solutions to ship DVD Studio 4.1
- Reuters: Disney dives onto DVD bandwagon
- PRNewswire: Spatializer featured in Toshiba's second generation DVD product line
- Digital Theater News/Nikkei: JVC improves DVD-recording technology
- Los Angeles Daily News: Disney will start releasing titles in DVD format
- News.Com: Disney enters DVD market
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Sony, 5 partners unveil DVD-RAM standard
- E-Town News: Two to go
- TWICE: Disney Joins DVD Camp
- PRNewswire: DTS and Image Entertainment to sign exclusive multi-format license and distribution agreement
- ZDNet: You've got to be crazy to buy DVD now
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Pioneer, street dates
- LA Times: Disney to offer titles on DVD by christmas
- Video Business News: Polygram to release DVD w/4 versions on 1 disc - removed.
- MacWeek: Pioneer explores DVD design realm
September 8
- Zoom TV is announced and renamed Divx (Digital Video Express)
- EE Times: 3-Gbyte drive makers grab DVD+RW moniker
- PRNewswire: ATI Technologies Inc. leads the DVD revolution
- Reuters/Wired: Disney on DVD; The mouse roars for new technology
- Business Wire: Zoran/CompCore's SoftDVD to be shipped with latest Compaq Presario home computers
- PRNewswire: Zenith to introduce first DVD players with advanced "Divx" rental feature
- Circuit City announces Divx partnership
- PRNewswire: Divx system will target mass consumer market with new enhancements to digital video
- Reuter: Circuit City takes stake in equipment maker
- News.Com: Sony releases DVD drive bundle
- ZDNet News: Video rental moves to DVD
September 9
- Business Wire: Warner Bros. and Toshiba team up with $30 Million marketing campaign for DVD in the fourth quarter - removed.
- Business Wire: RCA and ProScan brands to include Divx feature in 1998 DVD product line - removed.
- Business Wire: Hitachi Develops 4.7 GB DVD-RAM Technology
- Reuter: Hitachi develops 4.7 gigabyte DVD-RAM technology
- Reuter: Circuit City invests $100 million in Divx
- E-Town News: Say hello to Divx
- News.Com: Zenith trumpets Divx for DVD
- USA Today: New digital video standard could hurt DVD
- The Australian: US gulps world's DVDs
- Business Wire: Advisory/DVD Forum report on DVD-RAM standard on Sept. 15
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner Music, Sony Music, street dates, additional info
- ZDNet News: Kiss late fees goodbye when video rentals come to Divx
September 10
- Business Wire: Panasonic opens DVD disc factory in Torrance, CA
- PRNewswire: Philips expands DVD-Video player line
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Hitachi develops technology for high-capacity rewritable DVD
- E-Town News: CC to DVD owners: Drop dead
- Herring.Com: DVDisney
- News.Com: DVD owners dis Divx
- Reuters/Wired: Circuit City gets into selling disposable DVDs
- PRNewswire: "Dave Grusin Presents West Side Story" set for September 23 release
- DVDphile: Divx conference call in RealAudio
- E-Town News: Divx no, says Sony and Toshiba
- ZDNet News: DVD fans fume over new kid on the block
September 11
- EE Times: Yet another DVD format comes into play
- Reuters/Variety: DVD duo team on advertising blitz
- Reuters: DVD market to start booming in late 1998-dataquest
- Business Wire: Sonic Solutions announces new DVD-ROM authoring tool
- Business Wire: Sonic Solutions delivers next-generation DVD authoring
- MSNBC: Divx muddies the DVD waters
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Universal/MCA, Warner Music, street dates, additional info
September 12
- Business Wire: Sonic Solutions brings cost of DVD production to under $100k
- Business Wire: Desperate to unload their inventories, DVD-ROM drive manufactures are offering machines at prices at or below cost
- TWICE: Circuit City reveals plans for DVD pay per view system
- JapanBizTech: DVD producers lack duplication technology
- Video Business News: Recordable DVD still years away - removed.
- CNN: Divx treads on DVD's turf
- Business Wire: Market report by MRG Inc. shows video servers and networks replacing tape recorders
- PRNewswire: Tektronix unveils system to measure the quality of compressed digital video
September 13
- News.Com: DVD market roiled by competing products
September 15
- Cemacity Gazette: Video sales approach fall season in high gear; Four categories set new August records
- Information Week: Networked DVDs
- EE Times: Copy-protection moves cast new cloud over DVD
- Business Wire: Meridian Data introduces multi-functional storage solutions
- Australian Financial Review: DVD puts whole new spin on TV movies
- E-Town News: Philips bows 2nd DVD player
- TWICE: Toshiba, Warner to launch $30M DVD ad campaign
- TWICE: DVD Express pitches site at buying fair
- TWICE: Philips DVD player to ship in October
- TWICE: Philips, Sony get support for DVD+RW format
- TWICE: Christmas DVDs set from Disney
- TWICE: Convergence stars at CEDIA
- TWICE: Circuit City, Hollywood bow PPV DVD format
- TWICE: eactions mixed to Divx announcement
- Business Wire: Toshiba introduces industry's first slimline DVD-ROM drive
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, street dates
- VSDA Special Report: Divx(Zoom TV) comes out of the closet
- Business Wire: DVD Forum reports on status of industry standard DVD-RAM drives
- Video Week: Divx faces uphill struggle for software industry acceptance - removed.
- E-Town News: Ayes for rogue DVD+RW format
- E-Town News: Retailers wary of Divx
- CableWorld: Home Video, PPV; Nix on Divx format
September 16
- JapanBizTech: Sanyo Electric, Sharp to join DVD Forum
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, street dates
- The San Diego Union-Tribune: Inexpensive CD recorders give music industry jitters
September 17
- Wired: Divx protects content, but not your liberties
- Wired: DVD-RAM; Now you see it, soon you won't?
- News.Com: New spin on DVD
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Anchor Bay, Pioneer, Fox Lorber, Simitar, Digital Disc Ent., Warner Music, street dates
September 18
- Digital Theater News/Newsbytes: Forum demos DVD-RAM format compatibility
- Business Week: Digital videodiscs - Betamax wars all over again?
- Business Week: DVD's fractured alliance
September 19
- JapanBizTech/Commercial Times: Infodisk to invest NT$10B in DVD-RAMs
- News.Com: Chromatic to release combo chip
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, street dates
- Newsbytes Pacifica: DVD Forum says Divx will confuse consumers
- Computer Retail Week: Stores snub DVD rival backed by Circuit City
- Cemacity Gazette: 1997 consumer electronic sales of $72.7 billion will set all-time record
September 22
- Business Wire: Oak Technology with Windows 95 DirectShow DVD navigator for DVD Movies, Games
- PRNewswire: Toshiba announces new line-up of short wave length visible laser diodes
- EE Times: Acoustician lobbies for bandwidth
- Electronic Buyers News: Three touting interoperability of DVD-RAMs -- Other suppliers have different specs
- Computer Retail Week: DVD's struggles are a lesson in selfishness
September 23
- Digital Theater News/Comline: Toshiba secures 50% share of U.S. DVD market
- JapanBizTech: Korean DVD producers look overseas for sales
- Digital Leisure to release Dragon's Lair on DVD for 4th quarter
- News.Com: DVD recordable drives coming
September 24
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Matsushita, BOT-Mitsubishi to invest in U.S. encryption firm
- The Age: Crunch time for DVD storage
- Reuters: Image , Universal strike DVD licensing pact
- PRNewswire: Universal Studios Home Video to license Image Entertainment 50 exclusive DVD titles
- Business Wire: OSTA begins industry-wide DVD/CD compatibility testing
- Reuters: Hitachi Maxell to sell 5.2 gigabyte DVD-RAM in Dec
- The Times of London: Geography lessons in cyberspace
September 25
- News.Com: Media moguls lobby for copyright bill
- E-Town News: E-Towners to Circuit City, et al; Drop Divx
- Business Wire: Solana Technology Development Corp. announced software modules for digital audio watermarking
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Pioneer, street dates
- PRNewswire: Sony and Philips update industry on "Super Audio CD" proposal
September 26
- Business Wire: IML announces world's first 10X speed DVD-ROM controller
- Business Wire: Daikin and Digidesign bring pro tools audio support to DVD authoring
- TWICE: Consumer poll gives thumbs down to Divx
- Washington Post: DiViDe and Conquer? It's hard to get a clear picture of the future of DVD
- News.Com: DVD-R format out
- Laserviews: Street dates
- TWICE: Sony, Philips unveil DVD-Audio format proposal
- Business Wire: DVD Forum announces DVD-R version 1.0
September 27
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Japanese, U.S., European firms agree on DVD-R format
September 28
- The Sacramento Bee: Disney's vow helps pump life into DVD industry, expects boom this year - removed.
September 29
- EE Times: Audio effort strikes dissonance in DVD
- Computer Reseller News: New DVD offerings target redundancy -- Chromatic, Sigma targeting PC OEMs
- Computer Re