This page indexes the individual year in home video pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point. The home video business rents and sells videocassettes and DVDs to the public. ...

• 20th century in home video:
  • 1970s - 1980s - 1990s
• 21st century in home video:
  • 2000s

(19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... The 21st century is the century that began on 1 January 2001 and will last to 31 December 2100. ...

20th century

(19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

1970s

See also: 1970s in home video The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ...

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• 1971 - Year U-matic launched
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• 1975 - Year Beta launched
• 1976 - Year VHS launched
• 1977 - Magnetic Video, the first home video company to release theatrical films to tape, licenses 50 films from 20th Century Fox for VHS and Betamax release.
• 1978 - Year laser disc launched. MCA issues Universal Studios film library onto laserdisc, and later adds Warner Bros. and Disney product as well.
• 1979 - Paramount and Columbia Pictures form Home Entertainment Divisions.

U-matic is the name of a videocassette format developed by Sony in 1969. ... This is a list of home video-related events in 1975. ... Sonys Betamax is the 12. ... This is a list of home video-related events in 1976. ... Top view VHS cassette with U.S. Quarter for scale Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed The Video Home System, first released in 1976, better known by its acronym VHS, is a recording and playing standard for video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by JVC (with some of... Magnetic Video was a home video/audio duplication service established by Andre Blay in 1968 and based in Farmington Hills, Michigan. ... Pioneers LaserDisc Logo The Laserdisc (LD) was the first commercial optical disc storage medium, and was used primarily for the presentation of movies. ...

1980s

See also: 1980s in home video The 1980s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1980 and 1989. ...

• 1980 - Walt Disney Productions enters home video market. MCA establishes MCA Videocasssette, Inc. for VHS and Betamax releases of the Universal Studios product.
• 1981 - Year CED and Wizard Video launched. Magnetic Video reorganized into Twentieth Century Fox Video.
• 1982 - PBV Distribution (Publishing & Broadcasting Video) becomes one of the biggest selling Australian video companies. Star Wars is released on home videocassette, becoming one of the most demanded videos of all time.
• 1983 - Following a merger in 1982 between Twentieth Century Fox Video and CBS Video Enterprises, CBS/Fox is launched to the home video market, with divisions Key Video and Playhouse Video
• 1984 - The Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. decision (aka Betamax case)
• 1985 - Hi-Tops Video puts "My Pet Monster" to the home video market
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Walt Disney Productions is the former name of The Walt Disney Company, which it held from 1929 to 1986. ... SelectaVision was originally the name for a video playback system developed by RCA using specialized disc-based media, in which video and audio could be played back on a TV using a special analog needle and groove system similar to phonograph records. ... Star Wars began with a 13-page treatment for a space adventure movie which George Lucas drafted in 1973, inspired by multiple myths and classic stories. ... Sub-label of CBS/FOX Video from 1983 to 1989. ... Sub-label of CBS/FOX Video from 1983 to 1989. ... Holding Manufacturers of home video recording machines could not be liable for contributory copyright infringement for the potential uses by its purchasers, because the devices were sold for legitimate purposes and had substantial non-infringing uses. ...

1990s

See also: 1990s in home video The 1990s refers to the years 1990 to 1999; the last decade of the 20th Century, but in an economical sense The Nineties is often considered to span from the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 to the September 11 attacks in 2001. ...

• 1990 - CBS/FOX Reorganized. Fox Video is formed to release mainstream Fox product in the U.S., while CBS/FOX remains for other products such as BBC Video and other non-Fox projects.
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• 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
• 1996 - DVD is launched in Japan
• 1997 - DVD is launched in the United States
• 1998 - DVD is launched in Europe
• 1999 - DVD is launched in Australia. The Fox Video name is dropped.

20th Century Fox logo Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ... The DVD cover of the Star Wars trilogy. ... DVD-R writing/reading side, based on Photo DVD.jpg. ... This is a list of home video-related events in 1997. ... This is a list of home video-related events in 1998. ... A satellite composite image of Europe // Etymology Picture of Europa, carried away by bull-shaped Zeus. ... This is a list of home video-related events in 1999. ...

21st century

The 21st century is the century that began on 1 January 2001 and will last to 31 December 2100. ...

2000s

See also: 2000s in home video Saddam Hussein shortly after his capture Major controversy over U. S. presidential election (November 7-December 13, 2000) September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New Yorks World Trade Center and Virginias Pentagon killing almost 3000 people. ...

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