6.2 Who is making or supporting DVD products?
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This article is from the DVD Formats FAQ, by jtfrog@usa.net (Jim Taylor) with numerous contributions by others.
6.2 Who is making or supporting DVD products?
Consumer electronics:
* Aiwa: DVD-Audio and DVD-Video players
* Akai: DVD-Video players
* Alpine: DVD car navigation/entertainment
* Altec Lansing: DVD audio technology
* Ariston: DVD-Video players
* Audiovox: Car DVD players
* BUSH: DVD-Video players
* California Audio Labs: DVD-Video players
* Casio: DVD-Video playres
* Clarion: DVD car navigation/entertainment
* Comjet: DVD-Video players with Web connection
* Compro: DVD-Video players
* Denon: DVD-Audio and DVD-Video players
* Daewoo Electronics: DVD-Video players
* DVDO: video deinterlacing processors
* Emerson: DVD-Video players
* Enzer: DVD-Video players
* Esonic: DVD-Video players
* Faroudja: DVD-Video players
* Fisher (Sanyo): DVD-Video players
* Funai: DVD-Video players
* GPX/Yorx: DVD-Video players
* Great Wall: DVD-Video players (Hong Kong)
* Grundig: DVD-Video players
* Harman Kardon: DVD-Video players
* Hitachi: DVD-Video players
* Hyundai: DVD-Video players
* Innovacom: PC/TV with DVD support
* JVC (Victor): DVD-Video players and changers
* Kenwood: DVD-Video players
* KISS (Raite): DVD-Video players
* Konka: DVD-Video players
* Lasonic: DVD-Video players
* Lector: DVD-Video players
* LG Electronics (GoldStar): DVD-Video players
* Madrigal (Mark Levinson): DVD-Audio and DVD-Video players
* Magnavox (Philips): DVD-Video players
* Marantz (Philips): DVD-Audio, SACD, and DVD-Video players
* Matsushita (Panasonic/National/Technics/Quasar): DVD-Video and
DVD-Audio players, DVD car navigation/entertainment
* Matsui: DVD-Video players
* Medion: DVD-Video players
* Meridian: DVD-Video players
* Micromega: DVD-Video players
* Mitsubishi: DVD-Video players
* Mossimo: DVD-Video players (China)
* NAD: DVD-Video players
* Nakamichi: DVD-Video players
* NEC: DVD-RAM video camera
* Noriko: DVD-Video players
* Onkyo: DVD-Video players
* Oritron: DVD-Video players
* Panasonic (Matsushita): DVD-Video and DVD-Audio players and changers
* Philips (Magnavox/Marantz/Norelco): DVD-Video players
* Pioneer: DVD-Video and DVD-Audio players and changers, DVD car
navigation/entertainment
* Proscan (Thomson): DVD-Video players
* Proton: DVD-Video players
* RCA (Thomson): DVD-video players
* Raite: DVD-video players (Taiwan)
* Rotel: DVD-video players
* Runco: DVD-video players and changers
* Samsung: DVD-Video players
* Sanyo: DVD-Video players
* Sensory Science: DVD-Video players (formerly Go-Video)
* Sharp: DVD-Video players
* Shinco: DVD-Video players (Hong Kong)
* SMC: DVD-Video players
* Sony: DVD-Video players and changers
* Spatializer Audio Laboratories: 3D audio processing
* Teac: DVD-Video players
* Technics (Matsushita): DVD-Video and DVD-Audio players
* Teknema (Ravisent): Web-connected DVD-Video players
* Thakral: DVD-Video players (China, Hong Kong)
* Theta: DVD-Video players
* Thomson (RCA/GE/Proscan/Ferguson/Nordmende/Telefunken/Saba/Brandt):
DVD-Video players
* Toshiba: DVD-Video and DVD-Audio players and changers
* Unity Motion: DVD-Video players
* Victor (JVC): DVD-Video players
* Wharfedale: DVD-Video players
* Yamaha: DVD-Audio and DVD-Video players
* Yamakawa (Raite): DVD-Video players
* Zenith (becoming a subsidiary of LG): DVD-Video players
Studios, video publishers, and distributors:
* A2O Entertainment (wholesale distributor)
* A.D. Vision (anime)
* Aftermath Media (Tender Loving Care, interactive movie)
* All Day Entertainment
* Alphaville Pictures (distributed by Universal)
* Amazing Fantasy
* Amblin Entertainment (distributed by Universal)
* American Gramaphone
* American Software
* Anchor Bay Entertainment
* Animeigo
* A-Pix Entertainment
* Artisan Home Entertainment (formerly LIVE Entertainment)
* Arts & Entertainment DVD
* Atomic Video (adult)
* Baker & Taylor (distributor)
* Beyond Music (distributor)
* Black Chair Productions (independent films)
* Black Entertainment Television (BET)
* BMG (Sonopress)
* Brentwood
* Brilliant Digital Entertainment (multipath movies)
* BroadcastDVD
* Buena Vista Home Video (Disney)
* CAV Distributing (distributor)
* Cecchi Gori
* Central Park Media
* Cerebellum (educational)
* Chesky
* Classic Records
* Columbia TriStar (Sony)
* Compact Media (distributor)
* Concert @ Home (Platinum Entertainment)
* Concorde Video (12 Monkeys, German)
* Corinth Films (Wade Williams Collection)
* Criterion Collection
* DaViD Entertainment
* Delos International (mostly audio)
* Delta Entertainment
* DG Distributors (distributor)
* Diamond Entertainment (distributor)
* Digital Disc Entertainment
* Digital Leisure (formerly ReadySoft) (Dragon's Lair, Space Ace)
* Digital Multimedia
* Digital Versatile Disc
* Dimension Films (Miramax)
* Direct Video Distribution (distributor, UK)
* Disney (Buena Vista Home Video, Dimension Films, Hollywood Pictures,
Miramax, Touchstone)
* DreamWorks SKG
* DVD International (distributor)
* Eaton Entertainment
* Elite Entertainment
* Fantoma
* Essex Entertainment
* FOCUSFilm Entertainment
* Fox Lorber
* Front Row
* Full Moon Pictures
* Gainax (anime)
* General Media Communications (Penthouse) (adult)
* Goldhil Home Media
* Goodtimes Entertainment
* Gramercy Pictures (distributed by Universal)
* Hallmark Home Entertainment (Artisan)
* HBO Home Video (Warner)
* Hollywood Pictures (Disney, folded into Touchstone)
* Ice Storm Entertainment (distributor, Germany)
* Image Entertainment (distributor)
* Impressive (adult)
* IndieDVD (publisher; alliance of independent filmmakers)
* Ingram (distributor)
* King's Road (distributed by Trimark)
* Kino International
* Laserdisc Entertainment (adult)
* Leo Films
* Living Arts (health)
* LucasFilm (distributed by Twentieth Century Fox or Paramount)
* Lumivision (distributed by SlingShot)
* MacDaddy
* Madacy
* Magic Lantern
* Marin Digital (Your Yoga Practice)
* Master Tone
* MCA (Universal)
* MCA Music
* Media Galleries
* Media Group (distributor)
* Metro Global Media (adult)
* Metromedia
* MGM/UA (Warner)
* Mill Reef (Earthlight)
* Miramax Films (Disney)
* Monarch Home Video
* Monterey
* MPI Home Video
* MTI
* Multimedia 2000 (aka M-2K)
* N2K Music
* Navarre (distributor)
* New Vision
* New Line (Warner)
* New Horizons Home Video
* NuTech Digital (adult)
* October Films (Universal)
* Orion Pictures (MGM, some older DVD titles distributed by Image and
Criterion)
* Overseas Filmgroup (distributor, partner with Image)
* Pacific Digital
* Palm Pictures
* Panasonic Interactive Media (defunct)
* Paramount Home Video (owned by Viacom)
* Parasol
* Passport
* Phantom
* Picture This
* Pioneer Entertainment (distributor)
* Playboy Home Video
* PM Entertainment
* Polygram (Philips partner)
* Pony Canyon (Japan)
* PPI
* Private Media Group (adult)
* Pro7 Home Entertainment (Germany)
* Program Power
* Real Entertainment
* Republic Pictures (defunct, distributed by Artisan)
* Rhino Home Video
* Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)
* Roan Group
* Rykodisc
* Samsung Entertainment Group
* Shanachie
* Simitar Entertainment
* Sierra Vista Entertainment (Innovacom)
* Silver Screen
* SlingShot (acquired Lumivision titles)
* Sony Music Entertainment
* Sony Pictures (Columbia, Epic, Sony Music, Sony Wonder, TriStar)
* Sony Wonder (kids)
* Sterling Home Entertainment
* SyCoNet.com (distributor, anime)
* Synapse Films
* Tai Seng
* Tempe Entertainment
* Thakral (distributor; Hong Kong, China)
* Toho (Japan)
* Tone Home Video
* Toshiba EMI
* Touchstone (Disney)
* Trimark Pictures
* Troma Entertainment
* Turner Home Entertainment
* Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
* Unapix Entertainment
* United American
* United Artists (MGM)
* Universal Studios Home Video (owned by Seagram)
* Valley Media (distributor)
* VCA Interactive (VCA Pictures, VCA Labs; adult)
* VCI Home Video
* Ventura
* Victor Entertainment (JVC)
* Victory
* Video Watchdog
* Vidmark
* Vivid Video (adult)
* Walt Disney Pictures
* Warner Bros. Records/Warner Music (Toshiba partner)
* Warner Home Video (Toshiba partner)
* Waterbearer Films
* WIT Entertainment (distributor)
* Wolfe
* World Video
* Xenon
* York
DVD File maintains a list of studio addresses, as well as DVD producer and
distributor information.
Hardware and computer components:
* Acer Laboratories: DVD decoder/controller chips
* Apex: DVD-Video player
* Advent: DVD-ROM-equipped computers
* Alliance Semiconductor: display adapters with hardware acceleration
for DVD playback
* Allion: DVD mirroring servers
* AMLogic: DVD player chipset
* Analog Devices: 192-kHz/24-bit audio DAC
* Apple: DVD-ROM drives, DVD-ROM-equipped computers, software drivers,
playback hardware and software (QuickTime)
* ASACA: DVD-RAM towers
* AST: DVD-ROM-equipped computers (with MMX-based playback software)
* ATI Technologies: display adapters with hardware acceleration for DVD
playback
* Avid Electronics: DVD decoder/controller chips
* Axis Communications: DVD-ROM servers
* Bridge Technology: optical pickup assemblies
* C-Cube: DVD encoder and decoder chips
* Canopus: DVD-RAM video archiving.
* CD Associates: Software and hardware for production and testing.
* CEI: DVD playback hardware and software
* Cirrus Logic: display adapters with hardware acceleration for DVD
playback
* Compaq: DVD-ROM-equipped computers
* Creative Technology: DVD-ROM and DVD-RAM upgrade kits, DVD decoder
software
* Cygnet: DVD-RAM jukebox
* DIC (Dainippon Ink and Chemicals): ink, organic pigments,
thermosetting resin
* Dave Jones Design: controllers for industrial DVD players
* Diamond Multimedia: DVD upgrade kit (Toshiba drive)
* Digimarc: watermarking technology
* Digital: DVD software playback (for Alpha workstations), DVD encoder
chips
* Digital Stream: optical pickup assemblie
* Digital Video Systems: DVD-ROM drives
* DVDO: video deinterlacing chips
* DynaTek: DVD upgrade kit
* E4 (Elecede): DVD playback hardware
* Elektroson: DVD-recordable software (top.GEAR)
* Escient: DVD-ROM changer
* ESS Technology: playback chipset, player reference design
* Fantom Drives: DVD-RAM and DVD-ROM kits
* Fujitsu: DVD-ROM-equipped computers
* Gateway: DVD-ROM-equipped computers
* Genesis Microchip: video chips (progressive-scan, scaling)
* Granite Microsystems: IEEE-1394 DVD-ROM drives
* Harman Int.: DVD jukebox
* Hitachi: DVD-ROM drives, decoder chips
* Hi-Val: DVD playback hardware (upgrade kit)
* Hyundai: DVD decoder chips
* IBM: DVD-ROM-equipped computers, decoder chips
* Imation: DVD-RAM media.
* Inaka: DVD jukebox software
* Infineon: DVD reader circuitry
* Innovacom: DVD encoder and decoder systems
* Intel: DVD playback hardware (MMX) and software
* JVC: DVD-ROM drives, DVD-RAM jukebox
* Kasan: decoder hardware
* KOM: DVD-RAM changer
* LG Electronics: DVD-ROM drives
* LSI: DVD decoder chips and playback cards
* Luminex: Unix software for DVD-based archiving and duplication
* LuxSonor: DVD playback chips
* Margi: DVD decoder card for notebook PCs
* Matrox: display adapters with hardware acceleration for DVD playback
* Matsushita (Panasonic): DVD-ROM drives, upgrade kits, DVD/Web
integration, DVD-RAM still-image recorder
* Media100: DVD authoring tools, DVD playback hardware and software
* Mediamatics: DVD playback software and hardware
* Medianix: Dolby Digital decoder hardware with Spatializer 3D audio
* Memorex: DVD-ROM drives
* Microboards: DVD drive (VAR)
* Microsoft: DVD drivers and playback software (DirectShow)
* Microtest: DVD-ROM jukeboxes
* Mitsubishi: DVD-ROM drives
* Motorola: DVD decoder chips
* National Semiconductor: DVD playback and reference designs
* Number 9: display adapters with hardware acceleration for DVD playback
* NEC: DVD-ROM drives
* Net TV: DVD-ROM PC for home entertainment
* NSM: DVD-ROM jukebox, DVD-RAM jukebox
* Oak Technology: DVD playback hardware and software
* OTG Software: DVD jukebox software
* Packard Bell: DVD-ROM-equipped computers
* Philips: DVD-ROM drives, decoder chips
* Pioneer: DVD-ROM drives
* Plasmon Data: DVD-RAM jukebox
* Procom: DVD-ROM jukebox
* Ravisent (formerly Quadrant International): DVD-Video decoding
hardware and software
* Ricoh: DVD-ROM/CD-RW drives
* RITEK: DVD-R, DVD-RAM
* S3: display adapters with hardware acceleration for DVD playback
* Samsung: DVD-ROM drives and DVD-ROM-equipped computers
* Spectradisc: limit-play technology
* STMicroelectronics (formerly SGS-Thomson): DVD decoder chips
* SICAN: DVD decoder chips
* Sigma Designs: DVD playback hardware
* Software Architects: DVD-recordable software (w/Elektroson)
* Sony: DVD-ROM drives and DVD-ROM-equipped computers
* STB Systems: DVD playback hardware (upgrade kit)
* Stream Machine: MPEG-2 encoder/decoder chips
* TDK: blank DVD-RAM discs
* Toshiba: DVD-ROM drives and DVD-ROM-equipped computers
* TribeWorks: custom player software
* Trident Microsystems: DVD decoder chips, DVD-accelerated video
controller chips
* Truevision: DVD playback software (Microsoft Active Movie 2.0)
* Verbatim Australia (ActiveMedia): DVD playback hardware (upgrade kit)
* VisionTech: MPEG-2 encoder/mulitplexer
* VM Labs: DVD playback reference platform (Nuon)
* Wired: DVD playback hardware and software (acquired by Media 100)
* X-10.com: (wireless DVD transmitter)
* Xing: DVD playback software
* Yamaha: AC-3 decoder chips
* Zen: multi-beam DVD reading technology
* Zoran/CompCore: DVD software and hardware playback, DVD decoder chips
Computer software titles on DVD-ROM:
* 2 Way Media: Launch
* Access Software: Overseer, Tex Murphy
* Acclaim Entertainment: Reah
* Accolade: Jack Nicklaus 4, Family Spectacular
* Activision (Quicksilver): Muppet Treasure Island, Spycraft: The Great
Game, Zork: The Grand Inquisitor
* Aftermath Media: Tender Loving Care
* ALLDATA: automotive information databases
* Apple Computer: Mac OS Anthology (available to developers only)
* BBC Interactive
* Black Isle Studios (Interplay): Baldur's Gate
* Broderbund: Riven
* Byron Preiss/Simon & Schuster: The Timetables of Technology
* ComChoice: Marketing, sales, and training
* Creative Multimedia: Billboard Music Guide, Blockbuster Entertainment
Guide to Movies and Video
* Creative Wonders (The Learning Company): Schoolhouse Rock, Sesame
Street, Wide World of Animals
* DeLorme: AAA Map'n'Go DVD Deluxe
* Data Becker: Clipart Collection, Sound Collection
* Digital Directory Assistance: PhoneDisc PowerFinder USA One
* Digital Versatile Disc: Shaodan
* Digital Leisure: Dragon's Lair
* Discovery Channel: Leopard Son/Animal Planet, Connections
* Dorling Kindersley
* Electronic Arts: Wing Commander IV
* genX Software: Dead Moon Junction
* Graphix Zone
* Grolier: Multimedia Encyclopedia
* GT Entertainment: Forrest Gump, Reah
* IBM Interactive Media: The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend
* Interactual Technologies: Star Trek VideoSaver
* Interplay
* IVS: The Union Catalogue of Belgian Research Libraries
* Japan Travel Bureau: DVD-Web product
* The Learning Company (SoftKey): Battles of the World, Clickart,
Digital Library, The Genius of Edison, National Geographic,
Printmaster 7.
* Liris (Havas) Interactive: Découvertes (Junior Discovery)
* Magnum Design
* Mechadeus: The Daedalus Encounter
* MediaGalleries: Multimedia Bach
* MediaOne: VersaDisc
* Microsoft: Encarta, MSDN/TechNet
* Mill Reef: Earthlight
* Mindscape
* Mitchell Repair Information Company: ON-DEMAND
* Monolith: Claw
* Montparnasse Multimedia: Microcomsos
* Multimedia 2000 (aka M-2K, formerly Multicom): Birds of the World;
Bubblegum Crisis; HomeDepot's Home Improvement 1-2-3; Warren Miller's
Ski World '97; Exploring National Parks; Great Chefs, Great Cities;
Better Homes and Gardens Cool Crafts
* Natif
* NB Digital/Mill Reef: Earthlight
* Pro CD: Select Phone
* Project Two Interactive: Reah (distributed by GT in U.S., Acclaim in
UK and Ireland)
* Psygnosis
* Sega: 4 game/instruction titles to be released in early 1997
* Sierra Online
* Sumeria: Vanishing Wonders of the Sea, Wild Africa
* SuperZero: adult DVD-Video
* SuSE: SuSE Linux 6.3
* TerraGlyph Interactive Studios: Buster and the Beanstalk (Tiny Toons)
* Tsunami: Crazy 8's, Silent Steel, Silent Steel II
* Warner Advanced Media
* Westwood Studios: Command & Conquer
* Xiphias: Encyclopedia Electronica
* Zombie VR Studios: Liberty
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