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The ADVC300 is the ultimate bidirectional analog to digital video converter unit for the video enthusiast. Featuring high-quality image enhancement technology including digital noise reduction and image stabilization using Line Time Base Correction (LTBC), ADVC300 instantly cleans, stabilizes and preserves old VHS and Hi8 videos in clean DV format. Supporting Windows® and Mac OS®, ADVC300 is compatible with all widely used video editing applications including Canopus EDIUS,
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A VCD, with a maximum resolution of 352x240 lines, is good enough for duplicating 250-line video formats (VHS or 8mm tape, for example), but if you're capturing from a format with more lines (SVHS, Hi8, and such), you'll lose quality unless you go with 480x480 SVCD.
We highly recommend spending the extra money on DVD-recordable to avoid resolution and compatibility problems. DVD-R/+R can be played in nearly every drive and player sold in the last couple of years, and its superior 720x480 maximum resolution can cope with even the highest-resolution home-video formats. Sure it's more expensive, but these are precious memories, right?
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players, Supports many formats or codes DivX . [not tried WN likes & uses ATI] Entire DVD links
Many DVD links, Directory and Information Resource more links | & more not on google
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Thursday Feb 24, 2005 c|net Buying and Using Media Center PCs
information about Digital Video Essentials. | DVD talk $40 cda
DivX - MPEG-4-based compressed digital video format (or codec) used for Internet distribution of movies; often called the MP3 of video. DivX Networks is the name of the company that sells DivX content and is not to be confused with Circuit City's defunct Divx DVD format.
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www.videolan.org/ VLC is a free cross-platform media player.
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These guides describes how to convert a video to DVD, VCD, SVCD, CVD or AVI,DivX,Xvid, ASF and more. digital-music-guide.workshops. | dvddemystified.com.
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DVD Decrypter we have
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-- Using PC as part of a home entertainment center many tips
Saturday 31 May 2008 Which computers have Blu-ray or HD DVD drives?
Friday 23 May 2008 Samsung merging home theatre, DVD and Blu-ray units
t will also move its digital music player, laptop computer and set-top box businesses from its digital media business to the telecommunications network business.
DivX ® Now Showing on 6 Blu-ray DVD Players
Thanks to the superior compression and high visual quality of the DivX format, consumers can take advantage of Blu-ray technology to store and playback over 25 hours of DVD-quality video on a single Blu-ray disc. Newly certified DVD players include devices from Panasonic (Model: DMP-BD30EE), Philips (Model: BDP7200) and Denon (Models: DVD-2500BTC1B, DVD-3800BDC1B, DVD-3800BDSP and DVD-2500BTSP).
Thursday, February 21, 2008 Don't Buy a Blu-Ray Disc Player Just Yet
But in the short term, Toshiba's defeat not only leaves 1 million HD DVD customers worldwide with dead-end hardware but also ends a rivalry that kept down prices for players and pushed the Blu-ray group to match the features available on HD DVD players.
2007
Tuesday 21 August 2007 David Pogue brings you up-to-date on DVD-by-mail services offered by Netflix, Blockbuster and Wal-Mart. NetFix
January 29, 2006 ec Double vision Forcing a truce between Blu-ray and HD DVD ...both may last
Friday 05 January 2007 LG to sell dual-format DVD player
LOS ANGELES — LG Electronics said Wednesday it plans to sell a DVD player that will play both warring high-definition DVD formats.
The first dual-format high-def player will play discs in the HD DVD format, which is backed by a consortium headed by Toshiba Corp., as well as the rival Blu-ray format, backed by a group led by Sony Corp.
The LG unit will be unveiled at next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, LG said. Details, including pricing and availability, will become available then, the company said.
The two DVD formats have been battling for market share since being introduced last year. Both are expected to get a boost this year as more studios release films in the formats and more players become available.
But the formats are incompatible, forcing consumers to choose. Studios and electronics makers have said the resulting format war would delay widespread adoption of high-def DVDs, which contain sharper images and extra features not possible with standard definition disc.
LG, based in South Korea, said it expects its dual-format player to "end the confusion and inconvenience of competing high-definition disc formats."
Monday 01 January 2007 Studios’ DVDs Face a Crack in Security
By JOHN MARKOFF
An anonymous computer programmer claims to have hacked the copy protection used in both the HD-DVD and Blu-ray high-definition DVD formats. DVD (DIGITAL VERSATILE DISK)
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This DVD recorder/player from Panasonic makes it possible to build the home theater system that's just right for you. This DVD recorder/player features a built-in VCR and all the connectivity you need to upgrade your audio performance at your leisure.
» selectable 480i/480p/720p/1080i output via HDMI digital interface (separate adapter available for TVs with DVI input)
» selectable progressive-scan mode for smoother video with HD-compatible TVs (via the component video output)
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Pierre DVD Energy now makes it possible to copy DVD movies to CD-R or CD-RW using
your computers CD Burner. We provide a quick and simple method to easily copy
your DVD movies to blank CD or DVD
Sunday Feb 26, 2006 nyt In Sony's Stumble, the Ghost of Betamax By KEN BELSON
In the battle to develop next-generation DVD players, consumers and retailers may be in for a reprise of the confusing VHS-Betamax showdown of the early 1980's.
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2005
Friday Dec 30, 2005 ew < a class="t2" href=" http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-3019-4-84-231915-351627-0-0-0-1" onmouseover="return overlib('click to bbc ', LEFT);" onmouseout="return nd();" target="_" > Pioneer Unveils Blu-Ray Drive for PCs
Pioneer Electronics unveils a high-definition Blu-ray DVD
disc drive for personal computers in the latest twist in the battle over next-gen DVD standards.
Pioneer is part of the Blu-ray consortium, led by Sony Corp., which is vying against a rival high-definition format known as HD-DVD, championed by Toshiba Corp.
Friday Dec 30, 2005 nyt Hailing the DVD Distributors: The Best Vault Raiders of 2005
By DAVE KEHR
DVD film releases got a lot more interesting — and more copious — in 2005. Dave Kehr sorts through the treasures unearthed, released and unleashed.
>br>Industry watchers expect Toshiba to launch notebook PCs with HD DVD drives in the spring of 2006. HD-DVD has also won endorsements from Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp., which believe HD DVD is superior to Blu-ray because it is more easily integrated with personal computers.
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The Blu-ray group in November said it would not adopt a technology proposed by Hewlett-Packard Co. that the No. 2 PC maker considered important to PC users, prompting Hewlett-Packard earlier this month to say it would work with the HD-DVD Group as well as Blu-ray.
AoA DVD Copy 2.6.2: Back up DVDs with the press of a button
With AoA DVD Copy you can easily make backups of your precious DVDs. It supports copying an entire disc to DVD5 and DVD9 formats. For better quality when copying DVD9s to DVD5s, you can also remove subtitles and other DVD features. Shareware ($39.95) not tried by wn
Read this story
Saturday Oct 22, 2005 If Blu-ray Is 'the Last Format', Think How Far We've Come
Bill Gates says Blu-ray will be the last physical media
format, ever. That makes David Coursey ponder how far we've
come and the "real" broadband that will drive our post-DVD
future. It's a story with a very happy ending.
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March 30, 2005
David Pogue: DVD's to Your Door
Now Blockbuster and Wal-Mart have gotten into the DVD delivery act. But will David Pogue ever take off his slippers?
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A new gimmick with a lot of potential is the D-Box which adds an immersive element to movie watching a DVD at home. A special seat with low cost actuators tilts and moves with the image on the screen, creating a totally new experience. This is a low-cost version of the pilot simulator for which CAE is famous. It may be a gimmick, but it does add realism to skydiving and the like.
Terabytes worth of On-board Storage for ever expanding libraries of Digital Media.
Friday Sep 30, 2005 Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. gave their backing to Toshiba Corp.'s HD DVD format on Tuesday, as a next-generation DVD format war with the Sony-backed Blu-Ray format looks increasingly unavoidable. ...What a mess. And now Toshiba has delayed its introduction of HD DVD in the United States. Our story tells why, but, personally, I smell a rat. Could this be VHS and Betamax all over again?
Wednesday Sep 28, 2005 pc Microsoft, Intel Back HD DVD
Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. gave their backing to Toshiba Corp.'s HD DVD format on Tuesday, as a
next-generation DVD format war with the Sony-backed Blu-Ray format
looks increasingly unavoidable.
The two formats offer various advantages for manufacturers and content providers, but the two IT industry giants said the HD DVD format
is more suitable for PCs, and particularly laptops. HD DVD drives are
designed to build on existing DVD hardware, so that they can take up
less space, making them ideal for slim form factors, supporters
argue.
Wednesday Sep 28, 2005 globe Intel, Microsoft back next-generation DVDs known as HD DVD over Blu-ray .in upcoming Windows Vista
Blu-ray is backed by Sony Corp., Apple Computer Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc., along with a variety of other tech companies and studios.
HD DVD will offer consumers the ability to keep on their PCs a copy of a movie that can be streamed to other devices in the home. It also allows studios to store high definition and standard versions of a movie on a disk.
Saturday Sep 3, 2005 All About Disintegrating DVDs:
Worried about whether your DVDs and CDs are going to disintegrate over time, turning your beloved data into dust? Think again, according to Lance Ulanoff. If you really want to worry, focus on the freaks with greasy fingertips, instead of the forces of nature. What's he talking about? Why does Lance fear peanut butter more than the sands of time? Check out his column for more.
[that is why we buy new Hard Drives no greasy fingers]
Thursday Aug 25, 2005 globe Sony, Toshiba at odds over DVD format
Talks have been suspended indefinitely between a group of companies led by Sony, which supports the Blu-ray format, and the Toshiba-led bloc backing the HD DVD format
Thursday Aug 25, 2005 ew Sony, Toshiba Give up on Unified DVD Format
Groups headed by Toshiba and Sony offering competing
technologies for next-generation DVDs have given up efforts
to develop a unified format, according to a newspaper report.
Friday Aug 19, 2005 ew Lions Gate Backs Blu-ray DVD Technology
Lions Gate Home Entertainment plans to release movies in
the new high definition digital format called Blu-ray, becoming
the latest DVD distributor to endorse the technology.
Camtasia captures the action and sound from any part of the Windows desktop and saves it to a standard AVI movie file or streaming video. Share your Camtasia screen recordings on a Web site, distribute them via e-mail, an Intranet or CD. more AVI $300us
film-to-video.com/tutorial.html
DVD's are NOT "full frame" video; but DV format IS.
DVD's are NOT "high resolution" video; but DV format IS.
DVD (MPEG-2 format) is a "partial frame" format.
DVD (MPEG-2) does NOT give you a "full frame" of video for every "full frame" of your original film.
DVD (MPEG-2) gives you a "partial frame" only for MOST "full frames" of you film!
UPDATE: MPEG-2 can now be edited, however, there are still a lot of problems -- like 1) synchronizing audio to video and 2) the profound degrading of the "edited" copy of the MPEG-2 video signal -- sometimes less resolution that VHS. Currently, editing MPEG2 files is to work with "bleeding edge" technology -- not "cutting edge" technology. If you want a very technical discussion on transcoding MPEG2 files, visit
VideoTranscoding.pdf
stick with a DVD-R (that pronounced, "DVD minus R") burner. DVD+R ("DVD plus R") burners are NOT standardized yet for older, and very large number of DVD players which are in use. Currently 321 Studios has a special going on a DVD+R burner. It may be a great “deal”, but I steered my Dad away from it. Why be on the “bleeding edge” of technology if you don’t have to be. You want everyone to be able to play your DVD's -- not just a random, lucky few.
04.12.2005 June 16, 2005 c|net VHF to DVD |
Table of Video Editing Power Dir 4 $80 best does DivX CD
DivX is a new video format based on MPEG-4 compression standard for video. DivX movies offer better compression and higher quality video than regular MPEG movies and take less time to encode. With DivX, you can compress a full-length movie small enough to fit on a single CD (700MB).
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Magic Motion applies zoom and pan movement to still images
Magic Music creates soundtracks custom-fit to your video clip length.
Photoshop Premier does more!
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The ECM-HS1 Gun Zoom Microphone is synchronized with your camcorder's zoom feature for seamless audio/visual pickup of one person in a group. Perfect for taping weddings, reunions and parties. $70 got
04.12.2005 Bell-Howell 10,0 mg cam
04.12.2005 PC dvd authoring List & Ranking
www.videohelp.com/ very good
Friday Apr 22, 2005
Getting Started With Digital Video course
Thursday Feb 24, 2005 reuters Watching movies A Valuable MOVI stock
There are many benefits to renting a video or DVD instead of going to the movie theater: it's cheaper, you can watch it whenever you want, you can pause in the middle, you can watch it several times, and so on.
Charles DVD Shrink is software to backup DVD discs Free | DVDShrink v3.2.0.15
or
Download DVD decrypter and install it.
newest version of pocketdivx (version 0.3.51). It has settings for H320/H340 video.
then http://www.jens-seiler.de/pocketpc/pocketdivx-en.html
& PocketMVP(Pocket Music and Video Player)
DVD Shrink does not burn DVDs! The output from DVD Shrink is saved as files on your hard drive, which you can then burn to a DVD-R using separate burning software, such as the software provided with your DVD-R drive.
Most DVD titles are designed to prevent you from making copies. The first preventative measure is encryption. Most DVD titles are encrypted, which prevents you from either copying them to your hard drive, or if you manage to do so, being able to play the resulting files. DVD Shrink overcomes this problem with built-in decryption algorithms.
The next problem is not so easy. Most DVD video titles are simply too large to fit, without modification, onto a single recordable DVD-R disk. DVD Shrink overcomes this problem by modifying or "shrinking" the data from your original DVD.
Monday Jan 24, 2005 ts Unions relent over DVD profits
LOS ANGELES—For the third time in a year, major Hollywood unions have backed down from contract demands that studios share more of the billions of dollars made each year from the sale of DVDs.
Saturday Jan 22, 2005 The Coming DVD Format War
....The first DivX-capable DVD player is the $250 Avel LinkPlayer 2 by I-O Data. Mr. Greenhall and his DivX team, based in San Diego, said the company hopes to see DivX high-definition players for as little as $100 by late fall. ( Toshiba, in contrast, recently announced an HD DVD player to be brought market late this year for about $1,000.) www.divx.com.
Thursday 20 January 2005 Not Now for High-Definition DVD: Both Blu-ray and HD-DVD are ready to go, and vendors were showing off drives and players for each. Alas, with two competing standards—and high-profile announcements of support for each—neither will take off over the next 18 months. Even though current DVDs look a bit pale on today's modern HDTVs, don't expect anything substantial until late 2006. And if the warring factions can't get their act together, it could stretch out into 2008 or later. To quote Bugs Bunny, "What a bunch of maroons."
October 20, 2003 C|net Sony Electronics announced Monday two new rewritable DVD drives that can read and write to DVD+R media at 8X speeds. The drives support the DVD+RW, DVD-R and DVD-RW formats--the DVD+RW format includes support for DVD+R media. The $270 DRU-530A and the $350 DRX-530UL can fill an entire DVD+R disc in about 10 minutes, according to the company, and support DVD+RW and DVD-R recording at 4X speed as well as DVD-RW at 2X. The internal drive, the DRU-530A, will be available in December, and the external drive, the DRX-530UL, will be available in January.
Also coming down the pike are blue-laser (also known as Blu-ray) drives and discs that can pack 27GB of data onto a single-sided disc, but don't hold your breath. Expected to cost thousands of dollars when they're released in 2005 or 2006, blue-laser drives will be capable of recording, rewriting, and playing huge, high-definition television files.
DVD+RW video recorders allow users to add, delete or divide titles, overwrite titles in whole or in part, create or modify play lists and make other changes without losing compatibility with existing DVD players, unlike other formats. DVD+R/+RW also allows instant use and instant eject - you don't have to wait for the disc to format or finalize. And DVD+R/+RW recorders offer the same type of operation you're used to seeing on DVD players. ...Direct On-disc editing of video recordings using suitbale software, no need to transfer to harddrive first
Saturday Jan 8, 2005 TiVo to launch integrated video recorder
Personal video recorders would have built-in cable converters ....By incorporating an emerging technology called CableCard, the new TiVo recorders would essentially have built-in converter boxes after a cable company-provided card is slipped into a slot. Like a standalone cable box, it would convert the scrambled TV signal.
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DVD Recorders
Thursday Dec 9, 2004 The DVD recorder (no not the kind you buy for a PC, but a new genre that sits comfortably amid your home A/V components and allows you to burn DVDs from TV shows or movies. as low as $300 in Canada) is preferable to a PVR and VCR on several counts. They offer higher quality recording — approximately DVD quality audio and video (though longer recording times are available at lower quality settings if you prefer) Discs are cheap — buy them by the 100 for about $50, thus they are about 50 cents each — and getting cheaper. Discs are much easier to store than cumbersome and not terribly durable VHS tapes. DVD recorders are easy to operate, essentially identical to a VCR, with some important advantages, including the ability to eliminate commercials from recordings. They are a proven technology, having evolved from CD and DVD burners that have served computer users so well for nearly a decade.
But wait for the Biger Media disks
Tuesday Nov 30, 2004 ts
The movies you buy this Christmas will always work in the DVD player you currently own. But today's players likely won't be able to play all of the DVDs released next year. And the next generation of DVD players — set to hit the North America in late 2005 — might not play your existing DVD collection either
Toshiba Corp. announced yesterday that four movie studios will use an upcoming DVD format known as High Definition (HD) DVDs. .... standard known as Blu-ray also has big backers, including Sony Corp., the Hewlett-Packard Development Company and Dell Inc.
Current DVDs use low-frequency red lasers that can only write 4.7 GB (gigabytes) of data to a single-layer disc. Both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats use blue lasers which can record more data per disc than their red counterparts methods.
Blu-ray can hold 25 GB on a single-layer disc, while the HD DVD equivalent can hold 15 GB. Unfortunately, the DVD player you use today won't know what to do with a disc recorded with a blue laser, whether it's Blu-ray or HD DVD.
Saturday Oct 16, 2004 Hack Your Gadgets
Get Around Dvd Player Limits
We don't have enough pages in this magazine to list every DVD player hack, but most of them focus on defeating region/ country codes or changing the codes. Other hacks add the ability to play unsupported file or disc types. Though the media companies want their content to be as restricted as possible, DVD player manufacturers seem to be adhering more to the letter than to the spirit of the law, by making their players as flexible as possible while technically complying with the international agreements. Thus, the undocumented features are hidden away under layers of error messages, button presses, and weird on-screen messages.
The definitive source for DVD hacks is www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks , but you can find more by searching various message boards for your machine's model number.
Timecode FAQ pre-striping tapes?
May 17, 2004 pc
Sony DRU-700A write high-capacity 8.5GB, double-layer discs, which hold twice as much data as single-layer DVD-R and DVD+R discs and, more importantly, are big enough to fit an entire uncompressed commercial movie. ... Still, at $169 after a $30 mail-in rebate (as of July 2004), the double-layer DRU-700A isn't significantly more expensive than many other 8X single-layer-only DVD burners, and it does everything they can and more. ..speed at 2.4X is slow vs the 8X of single siders
Sunday Jul 4, 2004 ec
The digital home Life in the vault
Companies are fighting to turn your home into an entertainment multiplex
Thursday May 13, 2004 pc
New DVDs Hold More
Monday 15 Mar 2004 pc
First Looks: CD/DVD Suites Bulk Up
Those DVD/RW drive and CD/RW drives in your desktops and laptops are not just for reading things, you know. They're for making music, movies, data disks and more. Choosing the right software for your creative journey is critical. We've reviewed the four top CD/DVD authoring suites and found the one that's head and shoulders above the rest. Is it NTI's, Roxio's or Sonic's? Read the roundup for the final results. | Nero 6 Ultra Edition 6.3
more DVD/VCR Combos [wn recomends keeping separt units]
![$329.99cda [$84.00us $110.509 CAD ]](http://image1.cc-inc.com/prod/298000/298831_lg.jpg) DVR4275 Dual Deck VCR/DVD/CD-R/CD-RW/MP3 Factory Refurbished by Sonic Blue
The DVR4275 incorporates SONICblue's patented Dual-DeckTM technologies, creating a versatile, high quality and affordable home theater solution. also ClubMac
see also: W-N Wisl List | HDTV | DTS 5.1 sound HiFiDVD-V3800 Dual Deck, DVD Video, VCD, CD-R/W, Card Slot for: Memory Stick, Smart Media card, Secure Digital Card and 4 Head Hi-Fi Stereo VCR Player
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First off, everyone should know that a DVD/VCR combo machine such as this Panasonic will not allow you to tape DVDs you rent at Blockbuster! Most DVDs have Macrovision anti-copying technology which makes it impossible to copy to a VHS tape without a hacked VCR machine. You can, however, tape your own home-movie DVDs made on a PC. [However with a cheater you can copie to the Computer's DVD [...t with separt units you could put a chrater between your DVD player & your VCR]
Thursday Feb 5, 2004 ec  Hollywood has learnt to love the DVD, but can it repel the pirates?
People are buying and renting DVDs in numbers that Hollywood never dreamed of when the format was being developed in the mid-1990s.
Pc The digital-imaging industry is very unlikely to drop support for JPEG for a long time, even after better things come along. Store at least one copy of all your photos as a JPEG. JPEG uses lossy compression, which means that a decompressed image is not exactly the image you started with. Shoot and store your photos at the highest quality and resolution your camera allows. If you plan to manipulate your images, convert them to a lossless format—such as TIFF—while you edit, then save them back to JPEG when you are finished. TIFF files are typically huge, however, so use this format sparingly.
Store your JPEGs and TIFFs on your hard drive in read-only format, so you don't unintentionally overwrite them. Set files to Read only by right-clicking on them in Windows Explorer, selecting Properties, and checking the labeled box.
Store your JPEGs and TIFFs on your hard drive in read-only format, so you don't unintentionally overwrite them. Set files to Read only by right-clicking on them in Windows Explorer, selecting Properties, and checking the labeled box.
For digital audio, the most content by far is stored in MP3 format. There may be advantages to other audio formats, but MP3 has the widest support. If you want an uncompressed format, WAV is the most widespread.
For archiving digital movies, look to Hollywood, which supports MPEG-2 overwhelmingly. Some digital-editing packages output to MPEG-1, a close brother to MPEG-2, and any player that supports MPEG-2 can also read MPEG-1. What about the emerging MPEG-4 and JPEG 2000? It's too early to tell how successful and widespread these standards will be. more
can be reasonably assured that there will be devices to read CDs for many years to come. What about DVD? Not yet. The standards war between the DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW camps has yet to be fully resolved.
2003
c|net CNET > Downloads > Windows > Audio & Video > Rippers & Encoders
Oct 14, 2003pc
 First Looks: Converter and DVD Burner in One
One of the biggest complaints about converting legacy VHS and even 8-mm tapes to DVD is how difficult the whole process can be. You have to connect the VCR or camcorder to a PC, capture the video, and create the DVD with an authoring package. Or you could try out HP's new DVD Movie Writer dc3000. We found that this all-in-one solution makes converting analog tape to DVD extraordinarily easy. If you're worrying about preserving your decaying collection of personal VHS tapes, you'll want to read our full review to decide if this solution is right for you. HP DVD Movie Writer dc3000 $399us ...It does not support direct DV input so it's not a good choice for digital camcorder owners.
Thursday Oct 9, 2003 cbc
 NEW CD ANTIPIRACY SOFTWARE DISABLED BY SHIFT KEY
A PhD student at Princeton University has found a very simple way to
defeat the copy-protection measures on his new CD: hold down the Shift
key.
Tuesday Sep 9, 2003 cbc
DVDS COULD REPLACE THEATRICAL RELEASES: DISTRIBUTORS
Film distributors at the Toronto International Film Festival say selling
movies on DVD can sometimes be more profitable than releasing them in
theatres.
Thu, May. 08, 2003 siliconvalley
CD, DVD duplicators easy to use but won't let you burn Hollywood
...The simplest duplicators, selling for as little as $199, are the size of a large shoe box and contain two CD drives: a ``source'' drive where you insert the disc you want to copy and a ``target'' drive where you insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc. No computer is required. the DVD DigiCopier (model AEDVDCOP4UM) from Addonics Technologies (www.addonics.com) of San Jose, introduced earlier this year for $659. but not protected discs see also Alera Technologies (www.aleratec.com), e3 Works (www.e3works.com), Ez Clone (www.ezclone.com), Ez Dupe (www.ezdupe.com), Kanguru Solutions (www.kanguru.com) and Kano Technologies (www.kanotechnologies.com).
able to copy a DVD containing an hour of home video footage onto a DVD-R in 17 minutes
If you only burn a few CDs or DVDs each month, it's cheaper and not much more of a hassle to use an internal or external burner attached to a PC. Many duplicators, including the DigiCopier, will also connect to a PC for those times when you want to copy files from the computer's hard drive.
more Mike Langberg
c|net Microsoft Windows Media Player "Nothing Comes Close to WMP"
The best video format so far is WMV. In fact it is going to be use by the big studios. Movies have never look so good and no one can deni it. New DVDs will be release with this format starting with BMW films Terminator 2, Disney's Dinosaurs and so on. Ah and they're gonna be HD about 7 times more resolution than a DVD and still there will be space for more extras that what we get right now. If we talk about sound. Check out WMA9 pro. With its 5.1 soround or just WMA pro or wma9. PEOPLE welcome to the future of video and sound. GET USE TO IT... this is good. (I am not a big fan of Microsoft, but I have to admit that this one the pull it out very good). Before you download this software make sure that you have a desent machine. NOTE: Having windows XP enhances the experience with this software a lot...
"Thi si one of the worst media players available"
It is a bloated slow media player, that has annoying copy protection, and uses microsoft's horrible wma/wmv. It also has problems playing some commercial cds, and has horrible visulizations. Use Winamp 2.9 or Foobar 2000 for a free high quality player, and rip in Ogg Vorbis for High Quality audio.
c|net DVD X copy Xpress $70 Back up your favorite DVD movies with nothing more than a DVD burner and your home computer. DVD X Copy Xpress lets you make high-quality backup copies of all your DVD movies using a standard DVD-R burner. Your copies will play on your home DVD player just like regular DVDs. DVD X Copy Xpress can fit your DVD movie onto just one blank disc. You no longer have to split DVD movies across two discs.
Monday, May 5, 2003 pc Copy Your DVDs | www.321studios.com/
Monday, May 5, 2003 Create Your Own DVDs Any recording medium that can hold that much information is capable of an awful lot of uses. Compounding the problem is the number of forms the DVD has taken: DVD-R that is compatible with most DVD players and writable; and DVD+R and DVD+R/RW that have write once and rewrite capability. DVD-RAM is a new form that functions like a 4.7GB hard drive or a 9.4GB variant if it’s loaded with double sided DVD-RAM disks. The DVD-RAM disks are overwritable 100,000 times. Note that speed of reading potential is variable with some disks and drives capable of running at 8X CD-RW speed and others going up to 32X.
Veteran computer book author Brian Underdahl takes the reader though the forest of DVD variations, focusing on making videos rather than using DVDs for data storage. The input systems are mostly cameras or t.v.s with the addition of a video tuner card. If making sophisticated home movies is your plan and if you want to store them on DVDs, this is your book. Clear, intelligent, and reasonably priced, it’s a valuable accessory to any writeable DVD drive.
Monday, March 31, 2003 ap First Looks: DVD Wars: Cooling Down?
Don't get us wrong, the DVD format wars are not over. It's just that the flurry of new formats has slowed and now drive manufacturers are finally building drives that work well with the existing formats. We've got the best of these new drives from three key manufacturers: Panasonic, Pioneer, and Sony. Read our reviews and find out which drive is right for you-and get ready for a surprise, because the winner is not the one that supports the most formats. Read the full story
Monday, March 31, 2003 ap Adobe enters DVD market With a suggested retail price of $549 (U.S.) per copy, the Encore software isn't meant for the mass market.
The program promises to create slick DVDs for video entrepreneurs and aficionados, a segment that falls into a cross-section sometimes called "prosumers."
With PC-compatible DVD recorders now available for $300 to $500 (U.S.), more people are trying to create their own discs on their computers. The declining prices are one reason the number of DVD recorders in homes and businesses is expected to rise from 6 million in 2002 to 16 million by the end of this year, according to industry research firm IDC.
Recordable DVDs are becoming a more popular media format because their storage capacity is up to 28 times greater than recordable CDs. .... Rival products include Pinnacle Systems' Impression-DVD Pro, with a suggested retail price of $399, and Ulead's DVD Workshop, with a suggested retail price of $495.
The DVD industry has been one of tech's few bright spots, growing faster than any consumer electronics segment in history. About 40 million U.S. households own DVD players and millions more are expected to join the crowd this year with the prices for basic players now below $100.
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Before you can burn a video DVD, you need to get the video into your PC plus other PC.mag links
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CD & DVD Writing
Tuesday Feb 25, 2003 The DVD+RW Alliance announced late Monday that Microsoft had joined its ranks, adding that the software giant will also have a seat on its policy-setting team with representatives from Dell Computer, Hewlett-Packard, Mitsubishi Chemical/Verbatim, Philips, Ricoh, Sony, Thomson and Yamaha. The DVD+RW Alliance is a group of companies that promotes and develops the DVD+RW format.
The rival DVD Forum, which includes Apple Computer, Hitachi, NEC, Pioneer, Samsung and Sharp, advocates the DVD-RAM, DVD-R and DVD-RW formats. The two sides have been competing against one another to push their formats to dominate the market. http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030225.gtdvd/GTStory
February 6, 2003 The Uncertain Future of DVD X Copy
Roxio Digital Media Suite gives you the most value for your money! For just $99, you get the all-in-one solution which includes the latest versions of audio player, media manager, sound editor, tag editor, photo editor, DVD authoring tool, disc copier, label creator and data back-up applications, plus extras, utilities and special offers from Roxio partners. Incredible value for incredibly low price! Check out the table below for comparison with other products.
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Wednesday Dec 11, 2002 cbc  PRICES FOR DVDS, ELECTRONICS ABOUT TO SKYROCKET: RETAIL GROUP
The cost of buying electronic products and recordable CDs and DVDs will
be skyrocketing, according to an organization of retailers.
The CPCC collects $21 out of the $50 charged for 100 recordable CDs. The CPCC wants to boost the levy to $50, increasing the total cost of 100 CD-Rs to $89.
..."Canadian consumers will be asked to pay $112 extra on the retail price of some of these products," says Brian Levy of Radio Shack. "This will kill the market here and drive consumers to the United States."
Sunday Dec 1, 2002 cbc
NEW TYPE OF DVD RENDERS ITSELF USELESS
New self-destructive DVDs could mean no more late fees or returns to the
movie rental store.
 Thursday Oct 10, 2002 nyt
State of the Art: Changing Channels, on the PC
Windows XP Media Center Edition is Microsoft's PC-based answer to digital video recorders like TiVo. How does it compare?
Digital Photography
The impact of the new technology, including articles on equipment, techniques and resources for digital camera users.
Adaptec DuoConnect
Pros: USB 2.0 and FireWire; 5 years of warranty; internal port for front panel hub.
Cons: Software available on manufacturer's site only.
Verdict: The $57 Adaptec DuoConnect gives you big bang for the buck by offering 4 USB 2.0 and 3 FireWire ports.
price deals
Microsoft began supporting FireWire by supplying a patch on Windows 98 SE. From Windows ME on, every MS operating system comes with built-in FireWire support. You will see that Windows 2000 and XP already have robust support for FireWire networking (direct connect two computers via a FireWire cable), video cameras and storage devices.
Since only Windows XP is the first to get USB 2.0 driver, support for Hi-Speed USB 2.0 is rather sketchy on Windows platforms for now; MacOS support is non-existent at the moment. To make those Hi-Speed USB ports running at 480Mbps, you have to install the driver from Adaptec website. It is, however, recommended that you check for the latest version before installing the ones on the CD. There’s also a nifty utility called USBControl which graphically displays your peripherals in a tree diagram and all other relevant information for troubleshooting purposes. There’s no FireWire equivalent though
Touted as a DV editing solution, DuoConnect comes with MGI VideoWare for video editing and MyDVD for DVD authoring. Mac users are advised to get iMovie 2 software. Coupled the DuoConnect with a DVD-R drive, you can make your own DVD or VCD movies. The package also includes a 6-pin to 4-pin FireWire cables fro DV camcorder connectivity.
Maxtor Hi-Speed USB 2.0 hard drives lagged behind FireWire hard drives by a large margin. We attribute this to ISD300 bridge chip of the hard drives, which has a maximum sustained transfer rate of 18MBps. You can expect future models with more efficient bridge chips to perform better.
Between Hi-Speed USB 2.0 and FireWire, the latter is apparently more established in terms of software support and industry acceptance. However, since USB 2.0 is still in its infancy, there are still a lot of improvements to be made before the high-speed standard catches on.
The Bottom Line
For a card that only retails for $57 after $20 rebate, the Adaptec DuoConnect saves both a precious PCI slot and money while delivering the best connectivity options for external devices.
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 DMR-E30K
Monday Sep 9, 2002 There was one DMR-E30 in Montréal at Audiotronic call Huges 861-5451
 Recording to DVD-RAM & DVD-R Discs
The DMR-E30K/DMR-E30S $999.95us can record to both high-capacity DVD-RAM discs and DVD-R discs, allowing you to view your recordings on most conventional DVD players*.
*DVD-R discs may not be able to play on some DVD players, depending on the player, disc and the condition of the recording.
Simultaneous Recording and Playback
Record a program onto a disc, while simultaneously watching any other program that's previously been recorded on the same disc.
Panasonic DMR-HS2
This combo unit lets you record your weekly programs on 40gb hard drive, then easily transfer your favorites to DVD-R or DVD-RAM. FireWire jack for DV camcorder input October 2002 $1,195.95 saw $747.99 us & Time Slip Playback records to DVD-RAM and DVD-R discs
 Panasonic VDR-M10 DVD Camcorder with 3.5" diagonal LCD $2499.95us
Progressive Scanning
Progressive Scanning (480P) creates a picture signal with double the scan lines of a conventional DVD interlaced picture (480I), resulting in higher picture resolution, sharper image quality, and the elimination of virtually all motion artifacts.
Incredible Storage Capacity
Record up to 12 hours of video on our 2-sided, 9.4GB DVD-RAM discs. These discs can be played back on a DVD-RAM-compatible DVD player—such as Panasonic's DVD-CP72K / DVD-CP72S, DVD-LA95, DVD-RP82, DVD-RP91K / DVD-RP91N, and DVD-XP50.
Tuesday Sep 3, 2002 Border controls crumble in DVD land with "cheat codes" and now the system is on the verge of collapse. ,,,DVD manufacturers' cheat codes are made up of combinations of button presses on the machine's remote control. When entered correctly, users are presented with a "secret" menu inviting them to reset the DVD player to "multi-region" - to play discs from all regions.
 Revolt in the Den: DVD Sends the VCR Packing to the Attic
Digital videodiscs and their players, which five years ago were not much more than the toys of gadget-lust sufferers, have now taken full wing as a true pop-culture phenomenon.
And for the first time, DVD sales have surpassed those of videocassettes, even though DVD players are in only about a third of American households, compared with a saturation of more than 90 percent for videocassette players.
"It is the most successful home entertainment device in history," said Warren Lieberfarb, president of Warner Home Video. "In five years, it has gone from zero to 30 million households, and a quarter of those have more than one DVD player. Nothing else has come close to doing that in such a short time, not CD's, not VCR's, not personal computers, not even television itself."
A guess is that within 24 months it will become very difficult to find any titles in video, other than family films.
DVD burn
May 2002 Philips takes the top spot with the DVDRW208. This DVD+RW drive can store 4.7GB of data on a single-sided rewritable disc. The drive can also write CD-R and CD-RW media as well providing good flexibility. The main down side of DVD+RW at the moment is it only supports rewritable discs, which are more expensive than single-use writable media. Although there is the possibility of DVD+R emerging in the near future, it’s not currently available.
Performance wise, the DVDRW208 was the fastest when it came to burning DVDs. Copying the February 02 edition of PC Advisor cover DVD – a total of 3GB – took just 17 minutes 58 seconds. The resulting disc would also happily play in a Philips consumer DVD player. Copying PC Advisor’s October 00 cover CD-ROM – a total of 344MB – took four minutes four seconds on CD-R and four minutes 53 seconds on CD-RW. saw it at $348us
Philips has bundled Ahead Nero 5.5 for data disc creation and Sonic MyDVD for video authoring, providing everything you need to get going straight away. The DVDRW208 combines performance with a low price of £330, winning ith the Best Buy award this month. also more
DVD Future Multi-Purpose and DVDs can store as much as 4.7 to 17 GBs.
Saturday Aug 24, 2002 Installed Pioneer DVR-A04 4.7GB Burner
The drive also supports reading and writing of CD-R and CD-RW media, and can be used as a DVD-ROM and CD-ROM drive as well. writes and reads DVD-RW, a re-recordable format that can also be played on many DVD video players and DVD-ROM
- Archive VHS tapes and DV movies with Sonic's Direct-to-DVD™ feature
- Create professional-looking DVDs with menus
- Edit your DVDs and VCDs at any time
- Share your video memories with family and friends with MyDVD
- Writes 1X and 2X speeds for DVD-R (General 650nm discs only) and DVD-RW but also CD-R and high-speed CD-RW formats at 4X
- Rewrites DVD-RW discs at 1x speeds more than 1,000 times
ead speeds boasted to 6X for DVD (single layer) and 24X for CD-R/RW and CD-Audio Extraction
- DVD/CD buffer under-run protection
- Write Speed:
DVD-R – 2X-CLV (2,77 MB/s), 1X-CLV (1,385 MB/s)
DVD-RW – CLV 1X (1,385 MB/s) <<<<< not fast enough for Movies ??
CD-R – 8X-CLV (1,2 MB/s), 4X-CLV (0,6 MB/s)
CD-RW – 4X-CLV (0,6 MB/s) (high speed CD-RW is supported)
CD-RW (high-speed) – CLV 4X
- Maximum Read Speed:
DVD-ROM – CAV 6X
CD-ROM – CAV 24X
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March 11, 2002 Pioneer DVR-A03
Pioneer DVR-A04 – Description
DVD-RW - Internal - IDE / EIDE - DVD 6 X / 2 X / 1 X - CD 24 X / 8 X / 4 X
Pioneer's DVR-A04 drive writes and reads DVD-RW, DVD-R, CD-R and CD-RW media, and also reads CD-ROM and DVD- |
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