Who is the inventor of DVD?
Philips the inventor of the CD, is now one of the inventors of DVD. DVD is an industry standard, announced in November 1995 and backed by major players in the CE, IT and movie industry. To produce DVD players, one needs to license a range of patents, owned by different companies. A number of these companies (Philips, Sony, Matsushita and Toshiba) have decided to license the necessary patents through one licensing agent. Philips has been selected to take up this administrative role.
Philips the inventor of the CD, is now one of the inventors of DVD. DVD is an industry standard, announced in November 1995 and backed by major players in the CE, IT and movie industry. To produce DVD players, one needs to license a range of patents, owned by different companies. A number of these companies (Philips, Sony, Matsushita and Toshiba) have decided to license the necessary patents through one licensing agent. Philips has been selected to take up this administrative role. 1.4 What DVD products are to be expected? The most emphasized DVD product and the first CE-product in a range of DVD applications is DVD-Video. This is basically a player and disc system specified to deliver linear video content (like movies). It is a relatively affordable consumer appliance similar in concept to Audio CD and Video CD. It is expected that further functionality such as interactivity and Internet access will be added. Recordability will become mainstream after the turn of the century. Philips’
