History of the home media formats
Tape-based formats:
- Betamax (1975-mid-1990s)
- VHS (1976-late 2000s)
- 8mm video (1984-1990s)
- S-VHS (1987-late 1990s)
- D-VHS (aka D-Theater) (1998-2005)
Disc-based formats:
- LaserDisc (1978-2001)
- CED (1981-1986)
- VHD (1983-1990)
- CD Video (1987-1991?)
- Video CD (1993-mid/late 2010s)
- DVD (1996-) (and variants) (chronology of releases)
- Universal Media Disc (2004-2011)
- HD-DVD (2006-2008)
- Blu-ray Disc (2006-)
- Ultra-HD Blu-ray (2016-)
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