Publishing
in the Age of DVD |
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| By January of 1995, two digital
video disc formats were unveiled: the Super Density (SD) format by Toshiba and a
consortium of partners, and the Multi Media Compact Disc (MMCD) by Philips and
Sony. With the prospect of a "Beta vs. VHS" format war looming on the
horizon, consumer electronics manufacturers and studios formed the DVD
Consortium to agree upon a single unified specification for the next generation
Compact Disc. In Dec. of 1995, a general agreement was reached and the DVD was
born.
In light of all the possible uses for optical media storage systems, the DVD Consortium has broken down Digital Versatile Disc into several "books" labeled A through E. These books are:
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