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Video CD players "Philips CDV-495" and "Philips CDV-496" since 1991 produced the Ural Electromechanical Plant in the city of Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk).
If in 1980 ... 1990 the world audio market was gradually captured by CDs, then among the carriers of video information during this period the optical format "LaserDisc" was widely spread.
For several years in a row, these two technologies were not compatible with each other, until the leading electronics manufacturers mastered the production of combined drives in the late 80s, which made it possible to play both LD video discs and music CDs.
One of these devices - Philips CDV-495/496 audio / video players - was assembled under a license at the Ural EMZ.
Belgian specialists built several separate workshops, installed the appropriate equipment, and began the production of VPKD.
The release of devices continued until 1996.