<P> The first DVD player was created by Sony Corporation in Japan in collaboration with Pacific Digital Company from the United States in 1997 . Some manufacturers originally announced that DVD players would be available as early as the middle of 1996 . These predictions were too optimistic . Delivery was initially held up for `` political '' reasons of copy protection demanded by movie studios , but was later delayed by lack of movie titles . The first players appeared in Japan on November 1 , 1996 , followed by the United States on March 26 , 1997 with distribution limited to only seven major cities for the first six months . </P>
<P> The first DVD player was created by Sony Corporation in Japan in collaboration with Pacific Digital Company from the United States in 1997 . Some manufacturers originally announced that DVD players would be available as early as the middle of 1996 . These predictions were too optimistic . Delivery was initially held up for `` political '' reasons of copy protection demanded by movie studios , but was later delayed by lack of movie titles . The first players appeared in Japan on November 1 , 1996 , followed by the United States on March 26 , 1997 with distribution limited to only seven major cities for the first six months . </P>
when did dvds come out in the us
when did dvds come out in the us
March 26 , 1997
March 26 , 1997