
Some manufacturers originally announced that DVD players would be available as early as the middle of 1996. The first DVD player is claimed to have been created by the Japanese electronics vendor Toshiba in November 1996, and the first to be released to US customers is claimed to have been by Sony in April 1997. DVD players are connected to a television to watch the DVD content, which could be a movie, a recorded TV show, or other content. Some DVD players will also play audio CDs. A Philips DVD player with built-in four-directional control buttonsĪ DVD player is a device that plays DVDs produced under both the DVD-Video and DVD-Audio technical standards, two different and incompatible standards.
