List of years in home video

This page indexes the individual year in home video pages. Some years are annotated with a significant event as a reference point.

1970s

1980s

1990s

  • 1990 - CBS/FOX reorganized. Fox Video is formed to release mainstream Fox product in the US, while CBS/Fox Video remains for other products such as BBC Video and other non-Fox projects.
  • 1991 - Fox Video is formed.
  • 1992 - Fujitsu gets credit for producing the first full-color plasma display panel in 1992. The very first prototype for a plasma display monitor was invented in July 1964 at the University of Illinois by professors Donald Bitzer and Gene Slottow, and then graduate student Robert Willson.
  • 1993 - The VCD is released as the first compact, affordable optical disc format.
  • 1994 - MUSE Hi-Vision LaserDisc is launched on 20 May in Japan. The first consumer high definition video disc.
  • 1995 - Fox Video changes its name to 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, with the release of the Star Wars original 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. Philips produces the first plasma television to be sold to consumers – the display is 42-inches diagonally and begged a premium price of $15,000.
  • 1998 - DVD is launched in Europe and Australia. The CBS/Fox name is dropped.
  • 1999 - The Fox Video name is dropped. DeCSS is released, opening the doors for large-scale DVD copyright infringement.

2000s

2010s

2020s

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