1. By: Sierra Self

2.  John Logie Baird made the first VideoDiscs in 1927  http://www.cedmagic.com/history/baird- phonovision.html http://www.cedmagic.com/history/baird- phonovision.html

3.  Baird named his VideoDisc system Phonovision

4.  Earliest video format

5.  Invented in 1956, this professional only format lasted well into the 80's.  http://www.guyspiller.com/vintagevideotape services.html http://www.guyspiller.com/vintagevideotape services.html

6.  Developed by Ampex

7.  Sony Introduced this format in 1964 with the release of the EV-200. It was the first "portable" machine intended for general use.  http://www.videointerchange.com/sony_ev_ 1inch.htm http://www.videointerchange.com/sony_ev_ 1inch.htm

8.  The EV-200 was a monochrome machine only, but later models in the EV-200 and 300 series were color capable by use of an external color adapter.

9.  A video disc format developed by RCA that was released in 1981 under the brand name "SelectaVision".  http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Ma in/CapacitanceElectronicDisc http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Ma in/CapacitanceElectronicDisc

10.  RCA first developed the CED format in 1964 as a way to reproduce video similar to phonograph records.

11.  From the 1980s through most of the 1990s, the Video Home System (VHS) dominated the theater of video recording and video watching.  http://mroche.umwblogs.org/ http://mroche.umwblogs.org/

12.  Developed by RCA

13.  A laserdisc is a 12-inch platter capable of 425 lines of NTSC resolution.  http://www.mindspring.com/~laserdisc- forever/prologue.htm http://www.mindspring.com/~laserdisc- forever/prologue.htm

14.  Laserdisc is a dramatic improvement over videotape, yet somehow it never caught on beyond a small niche of consumers.

15.  Early DVD format

16.  DVD as an industry standard was announced in November 1995 and backed by major players in the CE, IT and movie industry  http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors /bldvd.htm http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors /bldvd.htm

17.  Used for home video

18.  Released to public in 2006  Invented by BDA (Blu-Ray Disc Association)  http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/t echnology-explained-blurays- replacement-dvd/ http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/t echnology-explained-blurays- replacement-dvd/

19.  Invented by BDA (Blu-Ray Disc Association)

20.  Holds about 25GB

21.  "TV Guide" named the first reality TV show as "An American Family," a 12-episode documentary that aired on PBS in 1973.  http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/first- reality-show http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/first- reality-show