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DVD Player – Facts & Figures

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by: Buckenmeyer
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The earliest DVD players were first introduced in Japan in November of 1996. The following year, the US market launched the first DVD players to the public. As of 2005, the suggested retail price of DVD players is between 30 and 80 USD/Euro based on features and functionalities. DVD players are generally cheaper than VCRs.

Almost every DVD player can play audio CDs such as MP3, CDDA, etc. and video CDs (VCD). It usually has a home cinema decoder for a more enhanced listening experience like Digital Theater System (DTS) and Dolby Digital. New models can also read MPEG-4 ASP format videos such as DivX. Portable DVD players are quite popular to travelers and people who are always on the go. It is regularly run by lithium ion batteries. If your PC has a DVD-ROM and you want to listen to DVD music or watch DVD movies, then you will needing a software DVD player. The most widely used DVD software include VLC, MPlayer, WinDVD, and PowerDVD.

By the end of 2002, China has become the biggest manufacturer of DVD players. It produced almost 30 million units during that year which is above 70% of the total world output. It was believed that the successor to the DVD player would be the HD DVD player and the Blu-ray Disc player. But in February of 2008, Toshiba declared that it will stop its production of all DVD products consequently identifying Blu-ray player as the sole successor to DVD player.



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