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Optical Media History

By bballbro40

  • CD-ROM

    CD-ROM
    The Yellow Book was written in 1984 by Sony and Phillips. The Yellow Book described how the CD-ROM works and is the standard for the CD-ROM. The CD-ROM was later introduced in June of 1985.

  • DVD-ROM

    DVD-ROM
    The DVD-ROM was invented by Sony, Philips, and Panasonic in 1995.

  • CD-RW

    CD-RW
    The CD-RW was introduced by HP, Mitsubishi, Philips, and Sony. It allowed repeated recordings onto a disc.

  • DVD-RW

    DVD-RW
    The DVD-RW was invented by Pioneer in November 1999.

  • BluRay-ROM

    BluRay-ROM
    The first BluRay prototype disc was shown to the public in October 2000. The BluRay player prototype was unveiled in April 2003, and was released to the general public in June 2006.