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The Beginning
The Betamax and VHS home videocassette formats were introduced in 1975 and 1976 but they had to do a lot to get consumers to buy this product -
Betamax
Betamax (also called Beta, as in its logo) is a consumer-level analog-recording and cassette format of magnetic tape for video. It was developed by Sony and was released in Japan on May 10, 1975. The first Betamax device introduced in the United States appeared in stores in early November 1975. -
Betamax Commercial
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Production of Home Video Players
The first company to duplicate and distribute home video was Magnetic Video in 1977. Magnetic Video was originally established in 1968 as an audio and video duplication service for professional audio and television corporations in Michigan, although Avco's 1972 Cartrivision system preceded Magnetic Vision's expansion into home video by a few years. -
Star Wars History
Star Wars is released on home video-cassette, becoming one of the most demanded videos of all time. -
Special Interest Home Videos
Until the mid-1980s, big movies would stay in theaters longer to help Big Companies. At that time, not many people owned a VCR, and those who did tended to rent rather than buy videos. Then a rise of small companies began creating special interest videos to sell to the consumer. Many new adventuresome publishers are willing to produce new programs. More people are finding unique ways to create good entertainment and information for the video tape player. -
20th Century Fox Entertainment
In 1995 Fox Video assumes the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment name for the first time, with the release of the Star Wars Trilogy for the last time in its original format, while keeping the Fox Video name. -
Release of the DVD
1996 The first DVD is released in Japan.
1997 DVD is launched in the United States.
1998 DVD is launched in Europe and Australia. -
The Last Laserdisc Film
2001 - The Japanese film Tokyo Raiders becomes the last film released on Laserdisc. -
Home Videos are more affordable
2002 - D-VHS D-Theater high definition films are finally available and affordable. -
The End of VHS in Theaters
HD DVD launched on 18 April; Blu-ray Disc launched on 20 June. After nearly 30 years, VHS ends as a format for major motion pictures; -
Netflix
Netflix is an American entertainment company founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph on August 29, 1997. It provides streaming media and video-on-demand online and DVD by mail.
Netflix's initial business model included DVD sales and rental. In 2007, Netflix expanded its business with the introduction of streaming media, while retaining the DVD and Blu-ray rental service.
Netflix entered the content-production industry in 2013. -
Blu-Ray Beats HD-DVD
Blu-ray Becomes new video medium after long competition with HD-DVD. -
4k Ultra HD Blu Ray
Ultra HD Blu-ray is a digital optical disc data storage format that passes Blu-ray. Ultra HD Blu-ray discs are incompatible with existing Blu-ray players. Ultra HD Blu-ray supports 4K UHD (3840 × 2160 resolution) video at frame rates up to 60 frames per second, encoded using High Efficiency Video Coding. The discs support both high dynamic range by increasing the color depth to 10-bit per color and a greater color gamut than the conventional Blu-ray video by using the Rec. 2020 color space.
