Philips globally, the scale advantages of the Japanese proved insurmountable and Philips withdrew the V2000 system and joined the VHS Coalition. Philips had developed a LaserDisc early on for selling movies, but delayed its commercial launch for fear of cannibalizing its video recorder sales. Later Philips joined with MCA to launch the first commercial LaserDisc standard and players. In 1982, Philips teamed with Sony to launch the Compact Disc; this format evolved into the CD-R, CD-RW, DVD and later Blu-ray, which Philips launched with Sony in 1997 and 2006 respectively. In 1984, the Dutch Philips Group bought out nearly a one-third
Late in the Day Late in the Day "Late in the Day" was the fourth and final single from Britpop band Supergrass' album "In It for the Money". It was released in October 1997, and reached #18 in the UK charts. The two CD releases of the single have the same photo as their cover but the colours of one have been reversed on the second one. "We Still Need More (Than Anyone Can Give)" features as a B-side to this single, it was later released as a separate single as part of the "Dead Man On Campus" soundtrack, along with two other songs