Hot news out of Toyko! Toshiba Corp. said it planned the launch of the first next-generation, high-definition optical disc recorder based on the HD DVD format on July 14 in Japan as the competition heats up with rival Blu-ray products.
Two Buster Keaton sets that are filled with his rarely seen later works have recently been released. Amazingly named The Buster Keaton Collection.
DVD Talk DVD Easter Egg Database has some really cool stuff, worth checking out! Here are some of the most recent contributions:
The next thing on from recordable DVDs, Blu-ray and HD DVD formats are due to come to market this year. But which type will win over consumers?
According to an article in Guardian newspaper in England it seems many voting members of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) haven't seen the movie and might not even get the chance.
With only a small number of high-definition players expected to reach the market at launch, Warner Home Video and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment are planning to limit the release of HD DVD and Blu-ray discs, respectively, to those retailers also selling players.
Sony Pictures on Tuesday became the first major studio to put a price tag on Blu-ray Discs when they become available in U.S. stores this year.
One of my favorite things to do is to rent DVDs from my local video rental store. With my wife and kids, I'll watch two to three every weekend. Lately, the experience has been marred by what I call "Viewus Interruptus." This is the moment—usually three-quarters of the way through the film—when the image freezes and then cascades into a blocky, unwatchable mess.
Suited for those who utilize discs to rewrite home movies, music, photos, and important data, Memorex 8X DVD+RW media works with DVD recorders and enables users to rewrite one full disc, with 2 hr worth of video, in under 8 min. Discs offer storage capacity of 4.7 Gb for variety of file types.
Digital video camcorders shoot video in several media formats. More than likely, however, there's only one format the player in your living room will accept directly: DVD. And that's the beauty of DVD camcorders; they let you shoot video to the same disc you'll use in your player. What could be easier, right?
Over in the pages of the August Home Theater Magazine, we just revealed our thoroughly refreshed picks for the Top 100 DVDs of All Time, a roadmap to assembling the ultimate DVD library, in a variety of categories. To keep the list from being too redundant from years past, and to give newcomers a sporting chance, we have instituted a new policy of purging the #1-ranked winners from 2004, not as any sort of penalty, rather to retire them to this "Best of the Best" status:
This week, we explore a bit of a legal conundrum. According to the US Constitution, the purpose of copyright is to protect any original expression, in any medium, so that the copyright holder can be compensated for his or her work. However, there’s also the legal concept of fair use, which says that you can copy or distribute copyrighted works for personal or educational use—with certain limitations. For example, it’s generally accepted that you can "tape" a song from an audio CD and listen to that tape on your car stereo. However, you can’t legally make several copies of that CD and distribute them to individuals who didn’t purchase the original CD.
Simple scenario, right?
Sony, Matsushita and Toshiba may resume talks on standardizing the next-generation DVD format, Photo Electro News (PEN) Weekly reports. Industry watchers expect the new leaders - Atsutoshi Nishida of Toshiba, Sony President Ryoji Chubachi and Kunio Nakamura, president of Matsushita - will discuss the standards and decide on the go, rather than by technical ranks.
Content protection company Macrovision plans to announce on Tuesday that it has developed a way to eliminate the vast majority of DVD copying.
The technology, called "RipGuard DVD", will be licensed to the company's partners—studios that are part of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), executives told ExtremeDRM. RipGuard isn't foolproof, but the hope is that it will cut down on mainstream ripping, they said. The software will simply block rippers from working
Many people use markers to write on the surface of their CDs and DVDs when labeling their media. What most people do not know is that using markers, such as Sharpies, ballpoint pens, or any other sharp object can be very damaging to the media. Most markers contain chemicals that create oxidation, which can deteriorate the CD or DVD.