japan
The beginning of Blu Ray was first announced in 2002, and it was first launched in Japan in 2003. The players for the discs did not become globally available till about 2006, however.
Compact Discs have been available since late 1982.
There are literally thousands of patents that deal with various aspects of compact discs, players and recorders for compact discs. One of the first patents for optically readable discs was filed by Phillips Corporation in 1972.
HD DVD is a high definition disc format that was competing with Blu-ray discs when they were first introduced. HD DVD lost the battle of the formats and is now obselete. The only players that will play an HD DVD are dedicated HD DVD players and they are rare players these days. Standard DVD players and Blu-ray players are both incompatible. It's almost certainly easier to buy Blu-ray discs than to find the right player but they may be available on auction sites or trading sites.
Early prices for cd players averaged between $500 USD and $600 USD. Discs at the time had costs of almost $20 USD.
Compact discs became widely available on the market in 1983, though they actually were first put into production in 1982.
Video discs were the first form of movie laser media. The discs were almost as wide as the bigger size LP's and often dual sided. They were around in the days of Betamax, Video Disk players, and early years of VHS. The indicator here is that you can still rent VHS media, but not the first gen Laser Disc media.
First, Blu-Rays are not DVDs. People should not get the two mixed up. Blu-Ray discs will only play on Blu-Ray players and those will only work on HDTVs. Blu-Ray players can play DVDs, but DVD players are not compatible with Blu-Ray
The tilde "`" key but first you have to turn the console on in options. This option is not available to F2P Players
Records of the first years of the show are not readily available and those that are start in 2002. However, the first ever castaway was comedian Vic Oliver
You can not play FIFA 15 with other players in any country. This game is not available as a multiplayer platform.
Compact Discs were first available for purchase in 1982. The first ones were produced by Sony and today are produced by various other companies, and have been revamped from the orignal to hold more data and add other features as well.