DVD FAQThis is the June 2. Internet DVD FAQ for the rec. Usenet newsgroups.(See below for what's new.) Send corrections, additions, and new questions to. Jim Taylor < jtfrog@usa. This FAQ is usually updated at least once a month.

If. you are looking at a version more than a few months old, it's probably an out- of- date copy. Where can I get statistics??

Aren't discs. too fragile to be rented?? Will it work in all. Does it work. with NTSC, PAL, and SECAM?? Doesn't it compress. Can't. DVDs hold four hours per side?? Do they. all have 5.

Why do I get. 2- channel surround audio? What do I do?? Why do.

I get a pink or black square?? How. can I play them?

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Jim has been in the DVD. DVD business. In 1. DVD. began writing articles to let others know about this amazing new technology. Jim. received the 2.

DVD Pro Discus Award for Outstanding Contribution to the. Industry, was named one of the 2.

DVD executives by DVD Report. Digital Media Hall of Fame, and was.

Pioneers of DVD in the October 2. One to One. magazine. Jim has worked with interactive media for over 2. CD- ROMs, Web sites, and DVDs, along with.

He writes articles and. DVD for publications such as. Widescreen Review and serves as. Chairman of the IDMA/DVD Association. Jim was formerly.

DVD Evangelist at Microsoft, and is currently Chief Technologist at. Sonic Solutions, the leading developer of DVD.

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Number of external links: 1,9. If you're wondering why it's all in one big piece instead of broken into. FAQ. I realize this. Web. TV browsers. I might break it up some day. DVD is movies on a shiny disc, and much more.

It's an optical disc storage technology. DVD is. essentially a bigger, faster CD that can hold high- quality digital video, better- than- CD.

DVD encompasses home. DVD has. widespread support from all major electronics companies, all major computer. With this. unprecedented support, DVD became the most successful consumer electronics. In 2. 00. 7, ten. DVD playback devices worldwide. DVD players, DVD PCs, and DVD game consoles. It's important to understand the difference between the physical formats.

DVD- ROM and DVD- R) and the application formats (such as. DVD- Video and DVD- Audio). DVD- ROM is the base format that holds data.

DVD- Video. (often simply called DVD) defines how video programs such as movies are stored. DVD- Video player or a DVD computer (see. The difference is similar to that between CD- ROM and Audio CD. DVD- ROM. includes recordable variations: DVD- R/RW, DVD- RAM, and DVD+R/RW (see. The application formats include DVD- Video, DVD- Video. Recording (DVD- VR), DVD+RW Video Recording (DVD+VR), DVD- Audio Recording (DVD- AR). DVD- Audio (DVD- A), and Super Audio.

CD (SACD). There are also special application formats for game consoles such as. Sony Play. Station 2 and Microsoft Xbox. A report from DVD Forum Steering Committee. DVD, as. an international standard, is simply three letters. Nevertheless, Toshiba. DVD Forum Web site—.

No one agrees on that one either.)Over 2 hours of high- quality digital video (a double- sided, dual- layer. VHS quality. video). Support for widescreen movies on standard or widescreen TVs (4: 3 and 1. Up to 8 tracks of digital audio (for multiple languages, commentaries. Up to 3. 2 subtitle/karaoke tracks. Automatic seamless branching of video (for multiple story lines or ratings.

Up to 9 camera angles (different viewpoints can be selected during. On- screen menus and simple interactive features (for games, quizzes.

Multilingual identifying text for title name, album name, song name, cast. Instant rewind and fast forward (no . Resistant to heat.

Compact size (easy to handle, store, and ship; players can be portable. Noncomedogenic. Note: Most discs do not contain all features (multiple. Some discs may not allow searching or. Most players support a standard set of features: Language choice (for automatic selection of video scenes, audio tracks. Special effects playback: freeze, step, slow, fast, and scan. Parental lock (for denying playback of discs or scenes with objectionable.

Programmability (playback of selected sections in a desired sequence). Random play and repeat play. Digital audio output (PCM stereo and Dolby Digital).

Recognition and output of DTS Digital Surround audio tracks. Playback of audio CDs.* Must be supported by additional content on the. Some players include additional features: Component video output (YUV or RGB) for higher quality picture. Progressive- scan component output (YUV or RGB) for highest quality analog. Digital video output (SDI, 1.

DVI/HDMI) for perfect digital picture. This is a. player feature, not a DVD disc feature.

DVD has the capability to produce near- studio- quality video and. CD- quality audio. DVD is vastly superior to consumer videotape and. However, quality. As compression experience and technology. DVD. authoring software becomes widely available we also see more shoddily produced. A few low- budget DVDs even use MPEG- 1 encoding (which is no better than.

VHS) instead of higher- quality MPEG- 2. DVD video is usually encoded from digital studio master tapes to MPEG- 2. The encoding process uses lossy compression that removes. The resulting. video, especially when it is complex or changing quickly, may sometimes contain. At. average video data rates of 3. Mbps (million bits/second), compression. Higher data rates can result in.

Mbps. As MPEG compression technology improves, better quality is being. Video from DVD sometimes contains visible artifacts such as color. Artifacts are sometimes caused by poor MPEG. TV, bad. cables, electrical interference, sloppy digital noise reduction, improper.

Most DVDs exhibit few visible MPEG compression. If you think otherwise, you are. Some early DVD demos were not very good, but this is simply an indication of. DVD can be if not properly processed and correctly reproduced.

In- store. demos should be viewed with a grain of salt, since most salespeople are. Most TVs have the sharpness set too high for the clarity of DVD.

This. exaggerates high- frequency video and causes distortion, just as the treble. For best. quality the sharpness control should be set very low.

Brightness should also not. Some DVD players output video with a black- level setup of 0 IRE.

Japanese standard) rather than 7. IRE (US standard). On TVs that are not. There may be. an option in the player menu to use standard black level.

DVD video has. exceptional color fidelity, so muddy or washed- out colors are almost always a. DVD player or disc.

DVD audio quality is superb. DVD includes the option of PCM (pulse code. CD. As with video, audio quality. In spite of. compression, Dolby Digital and DTS can be close to or better than CD quality.

Vagueness of the DVD specification and inadequate testing of players and. Some movie discs don't function fully. Poorly compressed audio or video may be. These predictions were woefully optimistic. The first. players appeared in Japan in November, 1. U. S. Prices for the. By the end of 2. 00.

In 2. 00. 3 players became available.