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Aug 24, 2024 · A glimpse at upcoming UK DVD and Blu-ray release dates until early 2025: here’s what’s coming to disc and when. Here, then, are a few of the upcoming dates for new movies on DVD and Blu-ray that may not yet have been officially announced. Note that all dates are for the UK.
There's only one Blu-ray in my collection, that being Stranger Things season 1, as it was a DVD/Blu-ray set, and that's very likely to be the only Blu-ray in my collection, unless I can find a cheap copy of season 2 and seasons 3 and 4 get physical releases.
May 17, 2021 · The History of DVDs. In 1986, Warner Home Video exec Warren Lieberfarb began urging Japanese consumer electronics makers to create an optical disc technology designed to store movies in the hopes that such a format would entice consumers to buy movies as opposed to renting them.
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The NTSC (National Television System Committee) standard for analogue television broadcasting is introduced (1954) The first commercially successful video tape format for broadcast use, 2-inch Quadruplex (or Quad), is introduced by Ampex (1956) Quadruplex (2-inch Quad)(1956 – early 1980s) The BBC conducts a live demonstration of the Vision Electron...
Ampex 2-inch helical scan video tape(1961 – 1970) Sony EV 1-inch open reel video tape(1964 – early 1970s) 1-inch Type A video tape(1965 – 1976) PAL (Phase Alternating Line) standard for analogue colour broadcasting is introduced (1967) IVC 800 series 1-inch open reel video tape(1967 – late 1980s) Shibaden ½-inch open reel video tape(1968 – early 19...
Sony launches the first video cassette format, U-matic(reaching the UK in 1973). Originally intended for the domestic market, it finds a market in industrial, educational and broadcast applications (1971) U-matic(1971 – 1990s) Cartrivisionin the US is the first video format to offer films for rental (1972) Cartrivision(1972 – 1973) EIAJ-2(1972 – la...
Compact Video Cassette (CVC)(1980 – 1983) Video album(1980 – ) LaserDiscis launched in Japan (1981) RCA CED VideoDisc(1981 – 1986) LaserDisc with teletext(1981 – late 1990s) Betacam(1982 – 1990s) LaserKaraoke(1982 – 2001) Compact VHS (VHS-C)(1982 – late 2000s) Sony introduces the Betacamcamcorder, the first integrated camera and video recorder, for...
Video Single Disc(1990 – 1991) D3(1991 – early 2000s) Sony ceases production of BetamaxVCRs for the US market (1993) CD-i Digital Video(1993 – 1994) Digital Betacam(1993 – 2016) Video CD(1993 – 2000s) W-VHS is launched in Japan and becomes the first consumer video format to record in high-definition (1994) W-VHS(1994 – late 1990s) D5 /D5 HD(1994 – ...
Mini DVD-RAM(2000 – late 2000s) DVCPRO HD(2000 – early 2010s) MicroMV(2001 – 2006) Superbit(2001 – 2007) MPEG IMX(2001 – 2016) DVD+RW(2001 – ) Mini DVD+RW(2001 – ) Worldwide production of DVD-Video discs surpasses that of VHStapes (2002) Sony stops producing Betamaxvideo cassette recorders (2002) D-Theater(2002 – 2004) DVD+R(2002 – ) DVD-Video rent...
Blu-ray 3D(2010 – ) Blockbuster goes into administration in the UK (2013) Sony announces that it will discontinue the PlayStation Portable, the only device that used Sony’s own UMD(Universal Media Disc) optical disc that could contain video games, feature-length films, or music (2014) Sony ceases production of Betamaxcassettes (2015) 4K Ultra HD Bl...
Aug 6, 2024 · See the best complete schedule of new Blu-ray and DVD releases. Also new Blu-ray and DVD release date announcements and estimates for all the upcoming and latest releases, plus movie stats, cast, trailers, movie posters and more.
Jul 1, 2024 · Release Calendar July 2024. See All 145 titles released in July 2024. New releases by week:
DVD release calendar with release dates for new and upcoming DVD releases.
