The roots of Optical Disc Corporation (ODC) stem back to 1969, when its Co-Founders began their development of the world's first optical disc mastering and replication technology while at MCA Laboratories. Since that time, they have contributed many technology advancements that have helped to shape today's optical disc industry: After helping to successfully bring the optical disc to the world they went on to form Optical Disc Corporation in 1982.

In 1972, ODC President Richard Wilkinson produced the world's first optical disc master while at MCA Laboratories, in the same year their team at MCA created and demonstrated the world's first replicated optical disc. Subsequently, their involvement in transferring the disc technology to Philips and Pioneer was instrumental in the worldwide introduction of CDs and DVDs. They developed and introduced the LaserDisc and the LaserVision standard, and produced the mastering equipment and injection molding process for the world's first commercial optical disc manufacturing facility which they built in Carson , California .

After forming ODC the company went on to introduce the world's first and only Recordable Laser Videodisc and recording system. This system revolutionized the editing of episodic television programs and earned ODC the prestigious Prime Time Emmy Award in 1988 for Outstanding Achievements in Engineering Development. ODC has made many technical breakthroughs in mastering technology throughout the years. The latest breakthrough was when ODC stunned the industry at REPLItech 2002 in Los Angeles with announcement the company had successfully mastered a 35GB single-side, single layer disc using a standard UV Laser. ODC staff has been granted over 40 U.S. patents in optical disc technology. The core strength of ODC throughout the years has been the company's ability to develop innovative mastering technology and to effectively integrate it into a "real world," production-worthy solutions for replicators worldwide.

• Optical disc research and development begins at MCA under the direction of ODC’s Co-Founder John Winslow.

• The MCA team presents the world’s first public demonstration of a replicated optical disc. ODC Co-Founder Richard Wilkinson produces the first optical disc masters using metal film and a closed loop, servo controlled process called DRAW (Direct Read After Write) Mastering.

• Development of the LaserVision (LaserDisc) format begins at MCA in partnership with Philips. ODC Co-Founders Ray Dakin, Richard Wilkinson, and John Winslow head the development team.

• Richard Wilkinson produces the world’s first LaserDisc masters using the photoresist technique. The new technique produces optical discs that have a higher recording density than what can be achieved using the metal film technique.

• John Winslow produces the first injection-molded optical disc.

• MCA’s development team, led by Ray Dakin, creates the world’s first LaserDisc player.

• The world’s first manufacturing facility for mass replication of optical discs is built by MCA. John Winslow develops the injection molding process, and Richard Wilkinson builds the photoresist mastering equipment for the new facility.

• At MCA, Richard Wilkinson develops the first dye polymer mastering process for optical discs. The revolutionary process eliminates the development steps required in the photoresist process and enabled the reintroduction of DRAW Mastering, the world’s only closed-loop servo controlled mastering technology.

• Richard Wilkinson, John Winslow, Ray Dakin, and Donald Hayes found Optical Disc Corporation. They begin to develop a directly recordable laser videodisc (RLV) and recording system.

• ODC introduces the first recordable LaserDisc and the first dye polymer DRAW LaserDisc Recording system.

• ODC introduces the world’s first dye polymer DRAW Mastering system for CD audio replication. Replicators worldwide begin producing record-high yields using the new system.

• ODC receives an Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for developing the world’s only RLVs (Recordable Laser Videodiscs) and recording system for editing episodic television programs and movies.

• ODC introduces its Series 500 “turnkey” mastering suites. The suites contain the DRAW Mastering system and all essential components for high quality CD mastering.

• ODC masters discs with 8X capacity – the highest density discs mastered to-date. ODC publishes the Blue Book proposal for Digital Versatile Discs.

• ODC holds the first public demonstration of an MPEGII Digital VideoDisc at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). This development was in partnership with L.G Electronics (Goldstar).

• ODC introduces the Laser Wave – the world’s first laser beam recorder designed specifically to handle the precision demands of DVD. This CD / DVD “switchable” laser beam recorder switches between CD and DVD recording instantaneously without operator intervention.
• ODC announces DirectCut, the industry’s first single copy reference DVD recorded directly from a master tape onto a playable disc. As an alternative to conventional DVD replicas, DirectCut provides developers and service providers with faster production turnaround times and truer representation of source material.
• The world’s first ever public demonstration of a DVD-ROM game is shown on a computer at a trade show in New York using an ODC DirectCut disc.

• ODC’s unveils its new HD-VCD mastering technology for high density Video CD production on the LaserWave.

• Sales of the Laser Wave laser beam recorder double within the year, reflecting the industry’s increasing demand for efficient, high quality DVD mastering.

• ODC introduces High Resolution Dye Polymer recording medium and presents 19.3 GB DVD masters recorded with ODC’s existing mastering technology utilizing a standard blue argon laser and high Resolution Dye Polymer.

• ODC introduces the Laser Prep, the first fully automated glass preparation system. This system prepares 40 pieces of glass ready for mastering in a fully self-contained unit without operator involvement.

• ODC announces a new breakthrough utilizing the company’s High Resolution Dye Polymer recording medium to produce a 35 GB single layer, stamper using a standard UV laser.

• ODC announces industry technology breakthrough— CDR-ROM--a standard size 12 cm disc that provides a pre-recorded ROM area and a writable CD-R area on the same disc with a total capacity of up to 700 MB. ODC’s advanced technology provides a breakthrough allowing the writable portion of the CDR-ROM to be recorded by the content provider or the end-user on their own computer.
• ODC Announces DVD+-R, +-RW Capability on its LaserWave Mastering System.

• ODC announces new LaserWave II Mastering System for DVD with upgrade path to HD-DVD.
• ODC is acquired by private equity firm Dubilier & Company.