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Article: Pioneer Electronics puts first DVD players into retailers' hands.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- February 18, 1997
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LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 1997--
New format offers huge storage capacity for movies, music and
multimedia
Pioneer Electronics, the industry leader in optical disc technology, is the first manufacturer in the country to bring DVD, the year's most anticipated new video format, to consumers.
DVD offers disc-based movies with video and sound quality far superior to VHS. The discs have huge storage capacity -- 4.7 gigabytes of data, seven times a CD-ROM -- and offer the capability to be used for movies, music and multimedia programs.
"As a longtime proponent of optical disc technology, we are proud ...