 DVD 

  DVD,    Digital Versatile Disc (  ),   1996 .        . DVD        -   ,   DVD Forum,         DVD-.     ,  DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, DVD-R  DVD-RAM.

      DVD Forum   Hitachi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. LTD (   Panasonic), Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Philips Electronics, Pioneer Electronics, Sony Corporation, Thomson Multimedia, Time Warner, Toshiba Corporation  Victor Company of Japan.  1996 .     ,   Sony,   - Toshiba.                     .  ,          DVD Forum.      DVD     ,        DVD Forum        .

       DVD      .    DVD    ,        ,           .   , ,  Time Warner  Universal Pictures,      DVD,        ,      .   ,    DVD-Video,      DVD Forum,     .    1996 .   ,          ,      ,    DVD-Video,       DVD-Video.      1996 .        (Copyright Protection Technical Working Group)             . ,   1996 .            .

      DVD-Video        1996 .     DVD-Video   DVD-ROM    1997 .      DVD-Video                2    .        ,   -     DVD-Video,   -   DVD-,   .   DVD-Video      17  1997 .,        200  DVD-. 22  1997 . DVD       ,       ,   ,  Disney, Fox  Paramount.

      1997 .          DVD-.   ,  DVD                -  .  , -,         Laser Disk.

      1997 .  DVD  ,     Disney        DVD   ,   DVD,   Fox  Paramount.    DVD-Video      1997 .    315 ,     .   DVD   ,   DVD-        ,   DVD .

      1998 .  Paramount   DVD-  ,    1998 .     Fox.       DVD,    .   1998 .       1   DVD-Video         DVD.       -     Region 2 (R2),       DVD-  ,   -      ,   .             ,        ,           R1.   1998 .,         2       1000  DVD-,    DVD .   ,                   DVD.

      1999 .   DVD-      .   1999 .       4   DVD-Video,        4000  DVD-. ,    1999 .    Circuit City    DIVX,         DVD.  Circuit City      200     DIVX,      ,       - DIVX,            ,       DVD-,    .

      2000 . DVD            .          8    DVD-Video   8000      DVD-.       2000 .  ,           ,       DVD-. 2000      DVD    . DVD                  ,    .  DVD-ROM        .      ,    ,        DVD.

     DVD-Video        100 ,   DVD-ROM         . 2000     DVD,          DVD-.    DVD-      -         DVD-.

            , ,  DVD       . DVD-Video    ,        .     DVD-ROM   CD-ROM             .