List of Years in Home Video - 1990s

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 -
  • 1992 -
  • 1993 -
  • 1994 - MUSE Hi-Vision LaserDisc is launched on 20 May in Japan. The first consumer high definition video disc.
  • 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 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 infringment.

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