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2001 - 2011

Apple iDVD

“iDVD turned home video into a disc with menus and a presentation of its own.”

Birth year
2001
Shutdown year
2011
Lifespan
10 years
Peak era
Company
Apple
Category
Software

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What Was It?

iDVD turned home video into a disc with menus and a presentation of its own. It made finishing a project include the experience of choosing and playing it on a television.

The end of development marked the declining role of authored DVDs in everyday personal media, as sharing increasingly moved toward files and online services.

The Story

  • 2001 The product era documented here begins in 2001. iDVD turned home video into a disc with menus and a presentation of its own.
  • 2011 The original Apple iDVD product reached its retirement or final-development milestone in 2011. Existing installed software can outlive the vendor’s active product line.

How It Died

The original Apple iDVD product reached its retirement or final-development milestone in 2011. Existing installed software can outlive the vendor’s active product line.

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