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[–] pumpkin_spice@lemmy.today 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fun Fact: DVD originally was called Digital Video Disc and was changed shortly after because it began being used for other non-video purposes.

Source: I was there when DVD was first introduced to the market.

2nd source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=29

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

I looked into it further because I definitely remember them being introduced as Versatile; the name change happened in 1995 about a year and a half before the first DVDs were produced.