DVD News from 1999 
January 1
- The Washington Post: High-resolution thinking; Please stop Divx and release Star Wars trilogy on DVD
- As expected with the complicated Divx system, used discs are being sold without informing about that new users will have to pay to watch them
January 2
- LA Times: Religious organizations to spread their gospel with the help of DVD
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Toshiba setting up subsidiary to produce, sell DVD software
January 3
- Stereophile Guide to Home Theater: DVD finally hits the big time
January 4
- Computer Retail Week: Circuit City still pushing, but can Divx survive?
- Computer Retail Week: Best Buy boosts earnings
- Business Wire: DVD Wave to compete with NetFilx over online DVD rentals
- NewTekniques Daily: Divx battle intensifies
January 5
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, Artisan, Amazing Fantasy, Pioneer, Anchor Bay, Troma, Fox Lorber, American Software
- PRNewswire: Apple integrates FireWire in every new Power Macintosh G3 system
- Business Wire: Sonic Solutions announces DVD authoring tools for new Apple Power Macintosh G3
- Business Wire: Apple offers Panasonic DVD-RAM drive for Power Macintosh G3 system
- NewTekniques Daily: Yet another survey shows that consumers don't want Divx
- Channel 8 Consumer Team: Divx raise environmental concerns
January 6
- PRNewswire: Best Buy announces record sales for DVD with $1.2 million in DVD software on a single day and even outselling VHS
- PRNewswire: DVD Express is first online retailer to sell one million DVDs
- PRNewswire: Image Entertainment will report a significant increase in DVD revenues for Q3
- Business Wire: Sony announces the first i.LINK(IEEE1394) LSI incorporating 5C digital content protection technology
- Reuters: Disney hopes to "profitably release" more of their animated library titles on DVD "next decade"
- LA Times: Fast acceptance of DVD may position it to succeed VHS, Divx could be a stumbling block
- CBS MarketWatch: Best Buy December sales rock
January 7
- Less than 17,000 Divx accounts registered
- Business Wire: Philips announces DVD-Video recording technology for consumer use
- PRNewswire: DVD Ex press launches "home entertainment super-site" at www.dvd.com
- Business Wire: NetFlix.com partners with All-Movie Guide to serve as preferred DVD rental store
- PRNewswire: DVD Video soars with record sales; player installed base reaches one million households
- Business Wire: Warner Home Video DVD U.S. gross sales exceed $170 million
- PRNewswire: Sony sets new standards for value and performance with introduction of three new DVD-Video/CD players
- PRNewswire: Hollywood Entertainment Corporation announces record DVD rentals
- PRNewswire: Technological breakthrough by Thomson and Divx leads to first demonstration of high definition DVD
- Reuters: Matsushita unit to supply DVD-RAM drives to Apple
- Business Wire: NYKO Technologies plans to develop accessories for NUON-enhanced video entertainment products
- PRNewswire: Divx announces "highly successful" national launch with 310,000 discs given a way and 65,000 sold in December.
- PRNewswire: Circuit City reports record december sales
- Business Wire: C-Cube announces third generation DVD decoder
- TechWeb: Thomson may announce Divx investment
- Business Wire: Motorola reveals "Streamaster" as official brand name for revolutionary multimedia technology
- Business Wire: VideoScan announces 1998 year-end home video & DVD industry sales report
- EE Times: Thomson and Divx team up on high-definition DVD
- TechWeb: DVD panel begrudgingly accepts Divx
- Toshiba introduces fourth-generation DVD-Video players
January 8
- Reuters: Digital war of words
- TWICE: Industry leaders forecast soaring market For DVD, Divx during 1999
- TWICE: A/V home networks in CES spotlight
- TWICE: Retailers report strong December sales
- Nikkei Industrial Daily: Hitachi Maxell to make first-surface MO disks
January 9
- TWICE: Universal endorses DVD-Audio format
- TWICE: DVD Video Group celebrates sales
January 10
- The Digital Bits: Transcript from the Divx press conference
January 11
- Business Wire: OSTA targets compatibility consensus for writable DVD formats
- Business Wire: Mediamatics announces DVD-on-a-chip solution for consumer DVD players
- Reuters: Musicland to launch websites in second quarter
- Stereophile: CES 1999 Wrap-Up, DVD-Audio and SACD
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, Trimark, Simitar
- Business Wire: Former execs of world's first DVD magazine launch BroadcastDVD
- E-Town News: CES '99 focus, FireWire-linked homes were a major theme at the show
- EE Times: Group hopes to unify recordable DVD factions
January 12
- The Digital Bits: Transcript from the panel discussion
- PRNewswire: Image Entertainment completes acquisition of Ken Crane's DVD And Laserdisc operations
- Variety: Big Entertainment buys Hollywood Online
- Business Wire: DVS' DVD-ROM production continues to increase in excess of 10,000 units per month
- TechWeb: Committed studios see greater DVD sales
- EE Times: Nichia set to sample 400-nm laser diode
- ZDNet News: Industry group tries to drum up support for read-compatibility between DVD formats
January 13
- EE Times: Chinese supplier preps low-cost digital TVs for U.S. market
January 14
- News.Com: Recording, lower prices coming to DVD
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Polygram, Paramount, Columbia TriStar, Rykodisc, Artisan, Tai Seng, Pioneer
January 15
- ZDTV Silicon Spin says "Divx makes 8-track tape look really good"(9-10 minutes into the realvideo program)
January 16
- News.com: Apple licensing FireWire for a fee
January 20
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Pioneer, Tai Seng
January 22
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from New Line, MGM, Warner, HBO
January 25
- EE Times: Fourth digital-TV interface spec tossed into fray
- TWICE: Video sales set records in '98
January 27
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, Disney, Pioneer, Digital Versatile Disc
- Business Wire: DVD Empire in partnership with electronics retailer Huppins(OneCall)
January 28
- Is http://www.teltron.nu/ actually selling a device imitating the Divx central? Or is it just another way of ripping of people who have already been gullible enough to buy a Divx player? - update: www.divx.com has now taken over the website.
- The New York Times: Choosing DVD or Divx
- Nikkei Business: Japan electric makers shocked by Apple's IEEE1394 royalty hike
- Maeil Business Newspaper: DVS Korea develops 6.2x DVD-ROM drive
January 29
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Disney, Fox, Warner, Artisan, Passport, Lee & Lee Communications, Sony
- TechWeb: Divx hacker box viewed with suspicion
February 1
- EE Times: Licensing issues may derail DVD market in China
February 2
- Billboard: Pay-per-view and DVD gets Amnesty International gig
February 3
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: Hitachi to release consumer DVD-Video recorder in 2000
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image
February 8
- TWICE: MGM, Disney claim DVD "firsts"
- AsiaBizTech: Rewritable DVDs enter 4.7GB era with major compatibility issues
- Business Wire: "A Bug's Life" becomes second(after Antz) all-digital DVD release
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Disney, New Line, Dreamworks, Paramount, Multimedia 2000, Shanachie, Eaton, Rykodisc, MTI Home Video, Simitar
- EE Times: Matsushita aims violet laser at next-generation DVD
February 9
- DVD-Audio format specifications v. 1.0 approved by the DVD Forum Steering Committee.
- Business Wire: DVD Forum finalizes the DVD-Audio format
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Universal, Columbia TriStar, Fox, Pioneer, Warner
February 10
- Business Wire: Image Entertainment DVD revenues up 218% over the third quarte
February 11
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Dreamworks, Paramount, Criterion, Trimark, DVD International, Rykodisc, Central Park Media, Fox Lorber, Sterling, Madacy
- E-Town News: DVD-Audio gets closer
- Business Wire: Warner Home Video continues to meet consumer demand for DVDs
February 12
- EE Times: Long-awaited DVD-Audio standard adds Dolby Digital
- EE Times: Broadband consumer apps will drive silicon
- New portable player from Panasonic is smaller, lighter and less expensive
February 13
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: M'shita Electric to offer lightest portable DVD player
February 17
- Reuters: Digital watermark technology a hit
February 18
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Polygram, Columbia TriStar, Trimark, Pioneer, Shanachie, Amazing Fantasy, Sterling
February 19
- Nikkei Electronics: Apple, Sony, others agree on licensing for IEEE1394 patents
- EE Times: Galaxy Group narrows copy-protection efforts
February 22
- Business Wire: Spring drawing for Comjet's WebDVD set-top box
- TWICE: Forum nails down DVD-Audio specs, products expected in Q4
- TWICE: January video shipments hit record levels
- TWICE: Philips gets OK to market DVD licenses
- PRNewswire: Universal Studios Home Video and Columbia TriStar Home Video join for international DVD distribution
- EE Times: Siemens to enter DVD-components marketplace
February 23
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from MGM, Warner, HBO, Sony, Warner Music, Trimark, Pioneer, MTI, MacDaddy, American Software
February 24
- Business Wire: Sonic Solutions introduces Sonic Clarity Technology, 48-bit audio data path for DVD-Audio production
February 26
- Business Wire: Continuing DVD issues allow alternate optical products to thrive
March 2
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun: PlayStation 2 likely to have impact beyond video game market
- Business Wire: Sony Computer Entertainment announces the design of the next generation PlayStation system
- Business Wire: Marketing with video and DVD will be bigger than infomercials, proclaims expert
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Fox, Warner, Classic Records
- Associated Press: Computer, music industry reach pact on copy protection
- GameSpot: Sony creates a monster(Playstation 2)
March 3
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image
- PRNewswire: Sony introduces 200-disc DVD-Video changer
March 4
- Super Audio CD format specifications v. 1.0 finalized by Sony and Philips.
- Business Wire: Sony and Philips complete version 1.0 of Super Audio CD specification
- Reuters: Philips Electronics to start hostile bid for VLSI that is patent holder and only manufacturer of the Divx security chip
- E-Town News: DVD-Audio breaks the content barrier
- Business Wire: World's first DVD-Audio authoring systems now shipping
- USA Today: DVD-Audio clears "last hurdle"
- Circuit City reports Feburary And fiscal year 1999 sales
March 8
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Trimark, Pioneer, Sony, Rhino, New Horizons, Xenon, Tai Seng, Sterling, Simitar
- TWICE: Music biz OKs DVD-Audio safeguards
March 9
- Reuters: Future Shop to close in U.S.
March 10
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, Columbia TriStar, Universal, Fox Lorber, MTI
March 12
- Divx is losing momentum, Circuit City to cut spendings
- EE Times: Dolby packs five-channel sound for DVD games
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Fox, Polygram, Disney, Nettwerk, Rhino, Tai Seng, A & E, Pioneer, HBO
- Reuters: Philips Electronics seeks to replace VLSI board
- EE Times: Internet, DVD audio lean toward music-industry watermark scheme
March 15
- PRNewswire: World's first DAC chip to meet new 192-kHz DVD Audio standard
- Business Wire: SycoNet.com reports exponential DVD sales increase of Japanese animated films as new titles are released
- Business Wire: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Home Video negotiate early termination of video distribution agreement
- Business Wire: Brilliant Digital teams with SlingShot Entertainment To distribute 20 titles On DVD
March 17
- EE Times: DVD production grows outside Japan
March 18
- Reuters: Circuit City hits all-time high on partner rumor
- Bloomberg News: Circuit City stock jumps on Divx talk
- Reuters: Circuit City,Viacom decline comment on partnership
- Viacom shares down after rumors about Divx partnership with Circuit City
- PRNewswire: Laser-Pacific Media Corporation announces fiscal 1998 year end results; net income rises to $2.9 million or $0.39 per share diluted
March 19
- Business Wire: Pioneer Entertainment and Platinum Entertainment join forces to produce unique DVD, VHS, CD series
- Business Wire: Henninger launches largest DVD production facility on east coast to support rapid services growth
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Paramount, Artisan, Pioneer, MTI, Sterling
- Pioneer announces first 4.7Gb DVD-R writer
March 23
- TechWeb: Acer expects to ship a sub-$100 DVD-ROM drive during the third quarter
- TechWeb: Hewlett-Packard announced its entry into the rewritable DVD market with a DVD+RW drive
March 24
- Bloomberg News: Why Blockbuster Video might court little Divx
- TWICE: Artisan first with DVD-18 title
March 25
- Business Wire: Games on DVD a DVant specialty
- Business Wire: DVD PRO University marked by high level of enthusiasm
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, Pioneer, Tai Seng, Fox Lorber, MacDaddy
March 26
- Bloomberg News: Viacom won't invest in Circuit City's Divx, analyst Moran says
- Viacom shares up 6% in one day
- TechWeb: According to market researcher Intelect ASW the Divx player market share was down from 25 to 23% i January
- ZDNet News: According to market researcher Cahner's In-Stat Group the Divx player market share will be 15% in 1999
- ZDNet News: According to Strategic Marketing Decisions Divx players will get 2% of the combined DVD-Video and DVD-ROM market in 1999
March 27
- The Oregonian: Airport DVD rentals Airport DVD rentals
March 29
- Business Wire: Pioneer ships first 6X DVD-ROM drive with SCSI interface
March 31
- PRNewswire: Creative launches PC-DVD Encore 6X Dxr3
April 2
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Chesky, Dream Theater, Criterion
April 5
- PRNewswire: Nearly 400,000 DVD players shipped to retailers nationwide in Q1, installed base of 3.3 million expected by the end of 1999
- AsiaBizTech: Victor Japan, Sony to make D-VHS VCR with IEEE1394 interface
- AsiaBizTech: Sony unveils set-top box for home info appliances
April 6
- New York Times: Circuit City learns the high price of new video technology, analysts and shareholders hope CC will stop wasting money on Divx
- Reuters: DVD still doing boffo biz
- Sony SACD press release(In Japanese)
April 7
- Business Wire: Unprecedented DVD offering combines forces of four major studios and four hardware manufacturers
- E-Town news: Panasonic delivers car theater, mobile DVD player
April 8
- Reuters: Fox to jump into DVDs with international Titanic release in September
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image
April 9
- AsiaBizTech: Sony to launch SACD player for US$4,100 in Japan the 21th of May
- PRNewswire: Panasonic and Car Toys launch first-ever mobile DVD theater in U.S.(Photo)
- EE Times: Sony move may ease conflict over next-gen audio format
April 12
- E-Town News: Panasonic goes 722p
- Reuters: Sony, Matsushita set for CD format battle
April 13
- AsiaBizTech: Matsushita to launch DVD-Audio players at from US$820 in Japan this summer
- Reuters: DVD Express files IPO for $57.5 mln
April 14
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Universal, Criterion, Columbia Tristar, Disney, DVD International, Anchor Bay, the Roan Group, MTI, Sterling, Pioneer
April 16
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Paramount, Criterion, Anchor Bay, Brentwood, Trimark, Simitar, York Entertainment, Xenon
April 19
- Business Wire: Macrovision copy protection now licensed to 100 DVD manufacturers
April 21
- Business Wire: Sonic Solutions announces DVD authoring for under $500
- Business Wire: Sonic Solutions ships first workstations for DVD-Audio
April 23
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Trimark, Digital Leisure, Elite, Tai Seng, MTI, Eaton, Pioneer
- E-Town News: SACD to battle with DVD-Audio
April 27
- PRNewswire: Real Entertainment makes Jerry Springer Too Hot for DVD
- eUniverse to acquire online retailer MegaDVD.com
April 28
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, Fox, Disney, MGM, Columbia TriStar
May 1
- The Salt Lake Tribune: DVD reaches grocery stores, Divx an "earlier threat"
May 2
- Divx activity reduced
May 3
- Reuters: DVD boom cuing up, "floundering" Divx lags far behind
- Philips set to buy VLSI in $1 billion deal. VLSI is patent holder and the only manufacturer of the Divx security chip.
- Richmond Times-Dispatch: Mixed reviews / The final story on Divx is still being written
- EE Times: ADI's D/A converter meets 192-kHz DVD-Audio spec
May 4
- Business Wire: Adult DVD is outselling VHS on individual titles
- Business Wire: Henninger Media Services launches web site to promote DVD industry news and commentary
May 5
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Image, Paramount, Columbia TriStar, Polygram
May 7
- Business Wire: Cine Magnetics expands DVD authoring and compression capabilities to support rapid services growth
- The Digital Bits: DVD shipment numbers higher in April than last December (DVE claimed this was the low season when I asked why they only released 24 Divx titles in April)
May 10
- Business Wire: Image Entertainment to report significant increases in DVD revenues for Q4
- AsiaBizTech: Japanese companies ready blue-purple lasers
- TWICE: Toshiba eyes DVD sales Of 3M in '99
May 11
- Business Wire: Convergence Sports Media to develop NUON enhanced version of its sports instructional DVD series
- Business Wire: Sound Source Interactive signs NUON developer agreement with VM Labs
May 12
- Reuters: Matsushita to supply DVD devices to Nintendo
- Business Wire: Matsushita Electric and Nintendo agree to collaborate on digital network home electronics strategy
- Business Wire: Hitachi America extends line of DVD-RAM drives
- PRNewswire: New Sony Super Audio CD player unleashes both power and nuance of music
- PRNewswire: Panasonic unveils DVD-Audio players
- E-Town News: New DVD players from Panasonic
May 14
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Dreamworks, Warner, Universal, Pioneer
May 18
- Business Wire: Cirrus Logic unveils audio DSP chip for DVD-Video/DVD-Audio
May 19
- TechWeb News: Cirrus chip enables universal DVD players
May 20
- Business Wire: Overseas Filmgroup forms DVD distribution joint venture with Image Entertainment
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Warner, Sony, MGM, Anchor Bay, the Roan Group, VCI, New Horizons, Rykodisc, PM Entertainment, York, DG Distributors
May 21
- Super Audio CD commercially available in Japan
- 13 SACD software releases by Sony Music
May 24
- PRNewswire: DVD-Video titles break out beyond action films and into the family market
- Business Wire: HP announces industry's first DVD+RW drive
- Zoran announces Vaddis IV - next generation DVD IC with MP3, DTS, DVD-Audio and new video functions
May 25
- E-Town News: New, upgradable DVD players
- Reuters: Panasonic, Universal Music form DVD joint venture
- PRNewswire: Panasonic Disc Services and Universal Music Group announce joint venture in DVD manufacturing
May 26
- Reuters: Matsushite develops dual-sided 9.4 GB DVD-RAM
May 27
- EE Times: Sony 1394 chips could boost DTCP encryption
- PRNewswire: DVD Production Europe 99 announces first DVD-Peca awards
- Business Wire: DVD authoring comes to Macromedia Director
May 28
- Laserviews: DVD announcements from Fox, EMI, Sony Music, Fox Lorber, Anchor Bay, Rykodisc, Real, Sterling, Simitar, Eaton, PM Entertainment, Cerebellum
May 31
- Reuters: Sony to launch DVD-RW drives in U.S. in autumn
- Stereophile Guide to Home Theater: IEEE 1394 announcements galore
- Richmond Times-Dispatch: Divx is losing yet another retailer
June 2
- Washington Post: Shall we dance? With DVD, indeed.(Divx a "nuisance" and a "cumbersome idea")
June 4
- E-Town News: Divx continues to hurt Circuit City
- EE Times: Digital watermarking showdown, solution for DVD-Audio expected by June 11
- Reuters: Hitachi, Toshiba to boost DVD-ROM drive output
June 7
- TWICE: Sony claims top spots in TV, DVD
June 8
- Divx anniversary on life support
- PRNewswire: AOpen with first 8X DVD-ROM drive
- Reuters: Sony develops dual wavelength pickup for PlayStation
June 9
- SONY announced as sponsor of the 2nd annual DVD PRO Discus Awards for creative excellence
- Business Wire: Henninger authors dual-layered DVD release of "The Evil Dead"
- Business Wire: Sony develops "Open System" DVD video encoding utility
June 10
- Laserviews: 55 DVD announcements from Image, Criterion, Slingshot
June 11
- Business Wire: DVD patent licensing program announced by six companies
June 14
- Washington Post: Paramount holdback on Divx caused by slow Divx hardware sales
- Laserviews: 32 DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Pioneer
June 15
- Nikkei Electronics: SCE, Sony co-develop single-chip dual wavelenght Laser
June 16
- It's official: Divx is dead(Will we ever know the number of Divx accounts?)
- PRNewswire: Digital Video Express to discontinue operation(same text at www.divx.com)
- E-Town News: Divx diex
- Reuters: Circuit City posts loss after halting Divx
- Divx announcement gives Circuit City stock a 10% jump
- ZDNet News: Say bye-bye to Divx
- News.com: Divx DVD backers call it quits
- Richmond Times-Dispatch: Divx future cloudy, Circuit City warned shareholders yesterday
- CNN: Divx dies
- Wired: Divx is dead
- Wired: Ding-dong, Divx is dead
- USA Today: Divx shelved due to indifference
- Digital Eyes gives credit for trading Divx against DVD titles
- Associated Press: Plug pulled on Divx DVDs
- TWICE: Circuit City kills Divx
- TechWeb: Divx is dead
- E-Town News: Hicks nix Dick's Divx
- E! Online: Divx turns to digital dust
- Variety: "Titanic" sails again as DVD
- Laserviews: 39 DVD announcements from Paramount, Warner, Artisan, Elite, Trimark, PM Entertainment, Digital Multimedia, Key East
- The Toronto Star: DVD takes over, quietly but quickly
June 17
- Washington Post: Circuit City's slipped disk
- Newsweek: Nix to Divx
- Richmond Times-Dispatch: Divx dumped
- News.com: Behind death of Divx were angry customers
- Business Wire: NetFlix.com embraces Divx owners with five free DVD rental offer
- The Salt Lake Tribune: Divx format goes the way of the dodo
- LA Times: Circuit City ends costly venture into Divx video format
- CBS: DIVX dies painful death
- San Jose Mercury News: Pulling plug on DIVX is a consumer victory
- Maeil Business Newspaper: Samsung Electronics mass produces Korea's first chipset for DVD
June 18
- Laserviews: 56 DVD announcements from Disney, BMG, CAV, Amazing Fantasy, Metro
- San Francisco Chronicle: Divx's death pleases opponents
- EE Times: Royalty dispute foils one-stop DVD patent licensing plan
June 21
- Stereophile Guide to Home Theater: Last rites for Divx, clear sailing for open DVD
- The Motley Fool: Divx post mortem
- Richmond Times-Dispatch: Quickness of Divx decision surprising
June 22
- Business Wire: Toshiba Brings Advanced DVD-RAM drive to market
- Business Wire: DVD Forum finalizes physical format of 4.7GB DVD-RAM, version 2.0
- PRNewswire: Philips announces 3 GB DVD+RW drive
June 23
- Taiwan Commercial Times: Taiwan aims to become self-sufficient in key DVD components
- Business Wire: CD-RW industry leaders unveil DVD+RW product-shipment plans
June 24
- Laserviews: 27 DVD announcements from Fox, Columbia TriStar, Anchor Bay, Criterion, Fox Lorber, Tai Seng, DG Distributors
June 25
- Cemacity Gazette: Year-to-date DVD sales reach one million
June 28
- Laserviews: 28 DVD announcements from Universal, New Horizons, MCA, Xenon, Sterling, Trimark, American Software, Shanachie, Rykodisc, Vivid
- TWICE: DVD+RW to take on DVD-RAM this fall
July 2
- Laserviews: 40 DVD announcements from Image
- Reuters: DVD Express IPO postponed for "market conditions"
July 6
- Business Wire: Pioneer drops Laserdisc, shift to DVD and VHS format complete
July 7
- Business Wire: DVD Internet kiosk unveiled at 1999 VSDA annual convention
- Business Wire: NetFlix.com launches aggressive growth plan after $30 Million investment
July 8
- Laserviews: 55 DVD announcements from Universal, Pioneer, Lyrick, Brentwood, Music Video Distributors, Criterion, MacDaddy, Eaton, Digital Versatile, MTI, Passport, Vivid
July 9
- PRNewswire: DVD Video experiences explosive growth during first half 1999 1.1 million players and 25 million discs.
- Reuters: DVD takes spotlight at annual video industry meeting
- Laserviews: 49 DVD announcements from Paramount, Polygram, New Line, Fox, Columbia TriStar, MGM, HBO, DVD Mags, Artisan, Anchor Bay, Trimark, Roan Group, Focus Film, Abrams, Xenon, York, Vivid
July 10
- Associated Press: DVDs getting filmmakers' attention
- Associates Press: DVDs getting filmmakers' attention
July 12
- TWICE: Panasonic introduces HD-compatible D-VHS
- Stereophile guide to Home Theater: World's first HD-compatible digital VCR officially launched
- Reuters: Koei to launch DVD game for new Sony PlayStation
July 14
- Laserviews: 60 DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, A-Pix, Anchor Bay, Pioneer, Sony, Rhino, Fox Lorber, Tai Seng, Central Park Media, Trimark, Simitar, Eaton, York, MTI
- Business Wire: Image Entertainment signs agreement to release titles from the Wade Williams collection on DVD
- EMedia Pro: VITEC brings DVD-Video production home for $399
July 15
- Slashdot: Linux DVD one step closer
July 16
- Laserviews: 92 DVD announcements from New Line, Warner, Columbia TriStar, Fox, Disney, A&E, A-Pix, Anchor Bay, Goodtimes, Fox Lorber, Ideal, New Horizons, Rhino, Trimark, VCI, York
- PC World News: World Book 2000; wait for DVD
July 19
- Image Entertainment expects to report a 112% increase in DVD revenues for Q1
July 20
- Variety: Bond gets video, DVD overhaul
July 22
- Laserviews: 30 DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Warner, HBO, DVD Mags, Music Video Distrib., Pioneer, Shanachie, Artisan, Sterling, New Horizons, Vista Street, Victory
July 23
- EE Times: NEC preps 5.2-Gbyte videodisk recorder
July 26
- Image Entertainment's "Eagles: Hell Freezes Over" is No. 1 selling music DVD in history of format
July 27
- Laserviews: 30 DVD announcements from DreamWorks, Columbia TriStar, Artisan, Paramount, Anchor Bay, Elite, Fantoma, Eaton, Madacy
- PRNewswire: Panasonic announces delivery plans for world's first DVD-Audio/Video players built to DVD-Audio specification
- PRNewswire: Inter-Con/PC introduces Totebook 6000 DVD Internet set-top box
July 28
- Matsushita announces 2 DVD-Audio players(In Japanese)
- AsiaBizTech: NEC to debut video recorders with phase-change optical discs
- E-Town News: October launch for DVD-Audio in the USA
- Reuters: Matsushita to launch DVD-audio players in U.S.
- Business Wire: DVD Forum to start verification of DVD-Audio format products
July 30
- TechWeb: Toshiba marries CD-RW with DVD-ROM
August 2
- Laserviews: 49 DVD announcements from Image
- Business Wire: Schwann Publications launched DVD mag on paper
- Reuters: Warner hopes to sell over 1 million copies of The Matrix on DVD
August 6
- Variety: DVD snafu in Japan hurts Armageddon
August 9
- Laserviews: 64 DVD announcements from Image, Universal, MGM, Criterion, Columbia TriStar, Warner, Sony, Anchor Bay, Delta, All Day Entertainment, Vivid
August 13
- Laserviews: 114 DVD announcements from Warner, Fox, MGM, Disney, Polygram, Columbia TriStar, A & E, Anchor Bay, Artisan, Criterion, DVD International, Goldhil, HBO, Lyrick, MTI, Pioneer, PM, Rykodisc, Simitar, Sony Music, Vivid
August 16
- PRNewswire: American Airlines to offer DVD inflight video player from September 1
August 17
- Reuters: Disney to put animated films on DVD - WSJ
- Reuters: Interview - Disney debuts animated classics On DVD
- Business Wire: DVD for NT 4.0 arrives for select notebook computers
- News.com/Bloomberg News: Disney film releases may boost DVD player sales
- MCNBC/Wall Street Journal: Disney plans strategic shifts in faltering home-video area
- Business Wire: Margi Systems with first DVD publishing solution for notebook PCs
August 18
- Business Wire: Columbia Records to release deluxe DVD edition of Pink Floyd - "The Wall" in October
August 19
- PRNewswire: Panasonic introduces progressive scan DVD player in October
- Business Wire: Panasonic DVD player benefits from Genesis line-doubler chip
August 25
- Laserviews: 20 DVD announcements from Disney, Fox, Columbia TriStar, Image
- Reuters: No-frills Titanic DVD ships over 1 million units
August 27
- Sony launches the first Super Audio CD players in Europe in October
- Sony Music releases 15 European Super Audio CD titles in October
August 28
- Reuters: DVD expected to conquer Europe
- IFA 99
August 30
- PRNewswire: DVS announces schedule for 10X DVD-ROM drive introduction
- Stereophile: Burr-Brown announces development of DSD DAC chip for SACD
- EE Times: Philips to launch DVD recorders in mid-2000
September 1
- Laserviews: 41 DVD announcements from Image
- AKM Semiconductor introduces 6-channel 24/192 DAC for DVD-Audio
September 3
- Laserviews: 23 DVD announcements from MGM, Artisan, Columbia TriStar, Universal, Paramount, Trimark, Anchor Bay, Warner
September 6
- Stereophile: Sony announces second Super Audio CD player
- Strategy Analytics forcasts DVD Video sales to pass VHS in 2003
September 8
- Laserviews: 32 DVD announcements from Disney, Warner, HBO, New Line, A.D. Vision, Anchor Bay, Artisan, Chesky, DVD International
- Business Wire: DVD International releases DVD-18 on September 28th. - removed.
September 13
- Laserviews: 51 DVD announcements from New Line, Anchor Bay, Criterion, Amazing Fantasy, Central Park, E Real Biz, Fox Lorber, MacDaddy, Madacy, Monterey, MPI, Pioneer, Platinum, PPI, Sterling, Tai Seng, Trimark
- Reuters: Sanyo to make DVD players in China for U.S. market
September 15
- DVDinsider: Syrnix with the worlds first DVD-Audio disc
September 16
- Laserviews: 39 DVD announcements from Disney, Steeplechase, A.D. Vision, Amazing Fantasy, Program Power, Rhino, USA, VCI, York
September 17
- Widescreen Review: DVD title wave driving low player prices
- Widescreen Review: Tower Records/Video to drop VHS rentals but rent DVDs
September 18
- Video Business: E-tailers prepare to grow with DVD
September 20
- Laserviews: 40 DVD announcements from Universal, Disney, Rykodisc, MGM, Pioneer, Shanachie, Simitar, Troma, United American, Wolfe, Xenon
- Cirrus Logic's "SuperDAC " supports DVD-Audio as well as DSD
September 22
- Laserviews: 43 DVD announcements from Dreamworks, Universal, Fox, Sony, BMG, Fox Lorber
- Pioneer first to market with 10X DVD-ROM
September 23
- Business Wire: Sonic and Sony team to develop world's first multi-channel DSD editing system
September 24
- Laserviews: 58 DVD announcements from Paramount, Columbia TriStar, Warner, Artisan, Anchor Bay, Fox Lorber, Roan
September 27
- TWICE: Progressive DVD players at CEDIA
- Stereophile: SACD surround systems on the horizon
- Blockbuster to roll out DVD to 3,800 of its U.S. stores by year's end
September 28
- Laserviews: 37 DVD announcements from HBO, Warner, Criterion, Warner Music, Trimark, New Line, DVD International, Central Park, Digital Multimedia, Ideal, Monarch, MTI, Xenon, Vivid
September 30
- E! Online: "The Matrix" sinks "Titanic" on DVD with initial shipment orders of more than 1.3 million units
- Business Wire: "The Matrix" DVD ships 1.5 Million
October 1
- Laserviews: 40 DVD announcements from Image
- AKM Semiconductor introduces high performance 2-channel 24/192 DAC for DVD-Audio
October 2
- EE Times: Tomorrow's DVD video recorders will come with a hitch, incompatibility
October 4
- Laserviews: 41 DVD announcements from Paramount, Columbia TriStar, Disney, Warner Music, A-Pix, Central Park, EMI, MTI, Passport, Program Power, Tai Seng, Trimark, WGBH, York
October 6
- Reuters: DVD users are caught in a matrix of snafus
October 7
- Laserviews: 41 DVD announcements from Warner, Warner Music, New Line, HBO, Anchor Bay, Pioneer, Slingshot, Trimark
- TWICE: JES sports memory cards, DVD recorders
- E-Town News: Tokyo show 99; DVD recordable here by spring
October 8
- The Digital Bits: 500,000 DVD players shipped to U.S. retailers in September
October 11
- Laserviews: 53 DVD announcements from Paramount, Warner, Disney, Columbia TriStar, New Line, A.D. Vision, All Day, Anchor Bay, Artisan, Delta, Fox, MTI, New Horizons, Platinum, PM, Shanachie, Sony Music, Xenon
- Stereophile Guide to Home Theater: DVD sets records again
October 12
- Widescreen Review: Sony celebrates Emmy award for development of DVD technology
- Toshiba, Sony and Matsushita receives Emmy for development of DVD technology
October 13
- E-Town News: No DVD-Audio titles till Q1 2000 due to lacking authoring tools. Watermarking audible.
October 14
- E-Town News: DVD tales from Japan
- Widescreen Review: IRMA releases first projections for DVD-Audio and SACD worldwide marketplace
- dvdnews.co.uk: Online retailers and websites in the UK boycott Fox due to high DVD prices
October 15
- TWICE: Matsushita sees higher than expected DVD growth in the the U.S.
- Laserviews: 76 DVD announcements from New Line, Anchor Bay, Cerebellum, Delta, DG, EMI, Madacy, Music Video, Showtime, Simitar, USA, Vivid, WWF
- News.com: How low can Net DVD sales go?
- TechWeb: TI exits DVD chip market
October 19
- Business Wire: Video City announce plans for chain-wide sale and rental of DVD
October 21
- Laserviews: 73 DVD announcements from Disney, Columbia TriStar, A.D. Vision, A-Pix, Central Park, Classic Records, Delta, Direct Source, E Real Biz, Elite, Fox Lorber, Living Arts, MTI, PM, PPI, Rykodisc, Warner
- United Nations to promote Disney DVD
October 22
- etown.com: "Detroit" first out on DVD
October 25
- Laserviews: 35 DVD announcements from Universal, A-Pix, MTI, Sterling, Synapse, Tai Seng, Water Bearer, Wolfe
- TWICE: Optical disc production seen rising 9% this year
October 27
- etown.com: Poll shows users to wait for price drop on progressive players
October 29
- Business Wire: Forrester Research ranks DVD Express # 1 delivery in the Books, Music and Video category
- The Digital Bits: Over 4 million standalone DVD-Video players shipped in USA
November 1
- Laserviews: 39 DVD announcements from Image
- Business Wire: Time names DVD Express as one of the 25 best e-comerce sites
- Wired: DVD piracy can be done
- etown.com: Year 2000 model player from Thomson with list price of $199
November 2
- Wired: Why the DVD hack was a cinch
November 3
- Aftenposten: 15 year old Norwegian broke the DVD copyprotection(In Norwegian)
- Reuters: DVD Express yanks IPO citing market conditions
November 4
- Washington Post: Hackers unlock Hollywood DVD code
- TWICE: HP takes wait-and-see approach to DVD+RW
- Emedia Live: Cease and DeSS, DVD's encryption cracked
- ZDNet News: Movie makers mull future of DVD
- News.com: DVD piracy program propagates on the net
November 5
- Laserviews: 29 DVD announcements from MGM, Warner, Anchor Bay, Artisan, Disney, Fox, HBO, MTI, Pioneer, PPI, Sony, Warner Music, York
- Burr-Brown with new 2-channel 24/192 DAC
- JAM! Showbiz: The crack of DVD protection was expected
November 8
- Stereophile Guide to Home Theater: DVD copy-protection scheme defeated?
- etown.com: DVD hack no reason to panic
- CNN: Activist defends DVD hack
- Norwegian hacker removes DeCSS from homepage after legal theaths from MPAA
November 9
- Widescreen review: New Motorola DSP solution supports MLP
November 10
- Business Wire: Hitachi 4.7 GB DVD-RAM drive to ship in January
November 11
- Laserviews: 54 DVD announcements from Disney, Paramount, Anchor Bay, Columbia TriStar, Fox Lorber, MGM, Pioneer, Sterling, VCI, Ventura, York
- Sonic Solutions launches e-commerce site for DVD authoring
November 12
- etown.com: Thomson(RCA,GE,ProScan) with upgrade for Matrix owners
- ZDNet Australia: DVD encryption break is a good thing
November 15
- Laserviews:36 DVD announcements from Image, Disney, Artisan, Columbia TriStar, Fox, HBO, MTI, New Vide, Trimark, Warner, York
November 16
- DVDengine: Croma channel flaw in the C-Cube decoder effects players from the Creative DXR2 DVD-ROM set to the high end players from Meridian
- DVD-Audio Q&A Webcast. Panasonic prepares to make one step forward and two backwards by launching players for DVD-Audio without digital output.
November 17
- TWICE: Panasonic getting head start on Philips with 4.7GB DVD-RAM
November 18
- TWICE: Warner Music and Universal Music to make DVD-Audio disc compatible with DVD-Video players
- etown.com: Home DVD-R delayed
November 19
- Laserviews: 60 DVD announcements from Artisan, Disney, A.D. Vision, All Day, Digital Versatile, HBO, Living Arts, MPI, MTI, New Horizons, Tai Seng, Trimark, VCI
- etown.com: First HAVi products due 4Q 2000
- EE Times: HAVi networking spec nears implementation
November 20
- Widescreen
Review: Rotel delivers first DVD player
November 22
- Stereophile: HAVi organization formally established (How far away is digital output for DVD-Audio
and SACD?)
- Stereophile: DVD-Audio Forum addresses questions about new format
- News.com: DVD-RAM sales up despite uncertain standards
November 23
- Musicland Stores Corporation predicts DVD gaining substantial share in family/consumer market
November 25
- Pioneer to introduce industry's first DVD recorder in Japan December 3rd
November 26
- CNN/Reuters: Pioneer to launch world's first recordable DVD player
- Pioneer stock gets nearly 10% increase in one day
November 27
- Nad introduces their first DVD player
November 29
- Stereophile Guide to Home Theater: DVD hottest product in history according to CEA
November 30
- Widescreen Review: Disney's animated classics on DVD to have dual-regional coding(1 & 4)
- PCeXtremist.com: A 140 Gigabyte CD-ROM!
December 1
- Laserviews: 45 DVD announcements from Image
December 3
- Laserviews: 45 DVD announcements from A.D. Vision, Anchor Bay, Celebrity, Classic Records, HBO, Madacy, MGM, Simitar, Simitar, Vivid, Warner
- News.com: Matsushita postpones DVD-Audio launch another 6 months due to piracy fears
December 9
- Laserviews: 45 DVD announcements from A & E, A-Pix, Artisan, Columbia TriStar, Fox Lorber, MTI, New Horizons, New Video, Pioneer, Roan, Showtime, Vivid, Warner, York
December 10
- 5 Million standalone DVD-Video players sold to retailers in the U.S.
- The Digital Bits: CEA DVD player sales
December 14
- Toshiba licenses DVD patents from Nissim
December 15
- Laserviews: 50 DVD announcements from Columbia TriStar, Fox, A.D. Vision, Central Park Media, Disney, Elite, Fox Lorber
December 17
- Laserviews: 47 DVD announcements from Paramount, MGM, Goodtimes, New Horizons, New Video, Pioneer
December 20
- TWICE: DVD still to grow according to Toshiba
December 21
- Laserviews: 25 DVD announcements from Universal, PM, Renegade, Rykodisc, Sterling, Synapse, Tai Seng, Trimark
December 27
- TWICE: DVD-Audio idles, 2-channel SACD to appear in gear at CES
- 2600 Magazine: DVD industry takes 2600 to court
December 29
- News.com: Coalition sues 71 individuals to block distribution of DVD "cracking" tool
- etown.com: DVD hacker sites sued
December 30
- News.com: DVD sales see hot growth projections
- News.com: Judge rejects group's request to block DVD "cracking" program
- etown.com: SACD player prices soon to drop with new cheap chip?
- Widescreen Review: LA and New York dominate DVD sales
- San Jose Mercury News: DVD movie fight loses
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