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Pioneer Discontinues Laserdisc Players

Pioneer Discontinues Laserdisc Players

Due to rising manufacturing costs resulting from the introduction of DVD and Blu-ray, Pioneer announces they would be haulting their production of laserdisc players. “The company has seen worldwide sales of its LD players reach more than 9.5 million units to...
Roku DVP N1000

Roku DVP N1000

Roku begins rolling out their TV streaming device. Built in collaboration with Netflix, the device allows the streaming of over 10,000 movies on the Netflix platform to your television screen. It costs $99.99.
Apple TV (1st Generation)

Apple TV (1st Generation)

Apple TV, the first widely popular internet streaming device for television sets, begins shipping to retailers. It streams 720p video, has 40 GB of internal storage and play music and video content from ones iTunes account. Apple also announces in May that YouTube...
Netflix Begins Rolling Out Their Streaming Service

Netflix Begins Rolling Out Their Streaming Service

Netflix slowly rolls out their movie streaming service at 250,000 customers at a time. Its a subscription-based streaming only service. Depending of the subscription, users are given an allotment of viewing hours each month. There are 1,000 titles to choose from at...
Amazon Launches Unbox To Download and Stream Movies

Amazon Launches Unbox To Download and Stream Movies

Amazon’s Unbox program becomes available through their website. For a rental or purchase price, users could download or stream “DVD-quality” movies and television. Their name would change several times, including “Amazon On Demand” and...