Matsushita (under the Panasonic and Technics labels) first released full-fledged players in July 2000 for $700 to $1,200. The first DVD-Audio players were released in Japan by Pioneer in late 1999, but they did not play copy-protected discs.
In 2014, every major PC manufacturer has models that include DVD-ROM drives. The first PC upgrade kits (a combination of DVD-ROM drive and hardware decoder card) became available from Creative Labs, Hi-Val, and Diamond Multimedia in April and May 1997. DVD-ROM drives from Toshiba, Pioneer, Panasonic, Hitachi, and Sony began appearing in sample quantities as early as January 1997, but none were available before May. Toshiba released a DVD-ROM-equipped computer and a DVD-ROM drive in Japan in early 1997 (moved back from December which was moved back from November). Six years after the initial launch, close to one thousand models of DVD players were available from over a hundred consumer electronics manufacturers.įujitsu released the first DVD-ROM-equipped computer on November 6 in Great Britain. In 2003 players became available for under $50. By the end of 2000, players were available for under $100 at discount retailers. Prices for the first players in 1997 started at $600 and could top out at prices over $1000. Players slowly trickled into other regions around the world. The first players appeared in Japan on November 1, 1996, followed by the United States on March 31, 1997, with distribution limited to only seven major cities for the first six months.
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Delivery was initially held up for "political" reasons of copy protection demanded by movie studios, but was later delayed by lack of movie titles. Some manufacturers originally announced that DVD players would be available as early as the middle of 1996. The first DVD player is claimed to have been created by the Japanese electronics vendor Toshiba in November 1996, and the first to be released to US customers is claimed to have been by Sony in April 1997.
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