| New LightScribe enabled DVD media | | Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:05:56 PM by Rose Martins | There is no shortage of variety when it comes to DVD media. DVD media types are numerous.
It starts with a cheap blank DVD to DVD R media, DVD Rw media, DVD DI media and now you can also find LightScribe DVD media .
If you were wondering about this new term of LightScribe technology here's a little explanation : this technology uses the inlaid laser in DVD recordable drives to etch titles and artwork directly onto the surface of the optical disc, using media with a special coating and LightScribe-enabled DVD burners.
The best DVD media is not necessarily the most expensive. You need to review the different types of DVD media carefully before making a choice. You also need to ensure that the DVD media you choose is compatible with your DVD player.
You don't need a special rack to store your DVD media. The same rack that you use to store your CD's can be used to house your DVD's too.
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| | | Online Wal-Mart DVD store launched | | Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:53:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Tuesday begins selling films online, as the leading seller of DVDs stakes a claim in the emerging market of movie downloading. The online store, at www.walmart.com/videodownloads, is the first to offer digital movie purchases from all seven major Hollywood studios. The online DVD market is already crowded with competitors, including Apple, online retailer Amazon.com's Unbox, premium cable operator Starz Entertainment Media Group's Vongo and lesser-known services such as Movielink and CinemaNow Inc. These services are still struggling to find a mainstream audience. Wal-Mart's online movie store emulates the no-frills atmosphere and pricing of its stores. It undercuts rivals on price, selling downloads of new movie releases from $12.88 to $19.88 and older titles for $7.50.... | |
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| | | NFL looks to jam illegal gear | | Posted Friday, February 02, 2007 12:52:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | The football giant keeps tight control over its lucrative game gear, requiring licenses for all vendors and working with police to squash any bootleg merchandise - all in the aim of protecting its fans, its image and its sales. "We invest a lot of money in the protection of all our trademarks, and it becomes a concentrated effort for the Super Bowl," said Susan Rothman, the NFL's vice president of consumer products. "Our licensees have made an investment in our brands, and our fans expect the real stuff when they invest in it." Trained by the NFL in what to look for, Miami-Dade police have set up special fake-goods squads that will be at all pre-game hot spots, and they will have a "large presence" around Dolphin Stadium on game day Sunday for the contest between the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts, said Robert Parker, director of the Miami-Dade Police Department.... | |
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| | | Toshiba plans HD DVD-R laptop for Vista launch | | Posted Saturday, January 20, 2007 2:55:23 PM by Blog57 Team | | Toshiba will put on sale in Japan in late February the first laptop PC in the world with support for the write-once HD DVD-R optical disc format. The G30/97A will be an upgrade of existing models of Toshiba's hefty Qosmio G30 entertainment laptop. Some of those models already contain an HD DVD reader and are on sale in major markets worldwide. The computer is based on an Intel 2GHz Core 2 Duo processor and has a 17-inch widescreen display with 1,920 pixel by 1,280 pixel resolution, which means it can show high-definition images from HD DVD movie discs. The 4.8-kg machine also features a 320G-byte hard-disk drive, digital TV tuner and HDMI (high definition multimedia interface) output. Toshiba hasn't announced a price for the computer, which will run the Windows Vista Home Premium operating system.... | |
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| | | Optical media's last hurrah? | | Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 1:05:54 PM by Blog57 Team | | Disc manufacturers are readying media to work with Blu-ray and HD drives as well as introducing new DVD media. This is supposed to be the start of a new era in optical media and there's plenty of excitement in some circles. Major corporations have made substantial investments in the technologies and are looking for a return. But are they barking up the wrong tree? Here's a prediction. The new high density optical formats will get a lot of press this year. Millions of customers will purchase devices, mainly games consoles, that use the formats. The players and discs will sell in large numbers. There will be talk of a replay of the Betamax versus VHS format wars. And yet, the new optical formats will not repeat the success of CD and DVD discs. At least not in the long term.... | |
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| | | Weigh value of media center PC | | Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 2:53:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | Q:I AM THINKING about buying a new computer in the next month, before I am forced to buy Windows Vista. I see lots of machines with "Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005." What is the difference between this and good old XP? A: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 is a version of Windows XP that is geared more for home-entertainment purposes ? like playing or displaying music, photos and video ? than for typical computing chores like spreadsheets and word processing. Since it can run programs written for Windows XP, a Media Center PC can also do spreadsheets and word processing, and it can connect to the Internet for Web surfing and e-mail. The Media Center Edition will run on both laptop and desktop systems designed to handle it; these usually have more powerful processors and other system components than regular computers.... | |
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| | | Blank DVD Media Guide | | Posted Saturday, December 09, 2006 12:54:19 PM by Blog57 Team | | Not all media is good. In fact, with the high influx of cheap media from Taiwan, China and Hong Kong, I'd venture to say most media is bad. This review guide is meant to shed some light on who manufactures and brands good and not so good quality DVD media. Use this list as an assistant when selecting what media to buy and use. It shows what generally works as the best media. Individual results may very, depending on the burner and how the media chooses to cooperate, though typically not by much. Read the advanced topics guide after becoming familiar with the basics presented on this page. While some cheap media may work for you, it's a gamble that often loses. Try to use 1ST and 2ND class media, and to avoid 3RD and 4TH class media, if at all possible. Read the full story at DigitalFAQ.com.... | |
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| | | Sony Blu-ray drive burns all discs | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:55:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | If you're confused by the DVD format wars and are looking for a next-generation optical drive, Sony has an option -the BWU-100A, which is compatible with more disc formats.Sony's first-generation Blu-ray computer drive, the BWU-100A, is compatible with more disc formats than any other optical drive now on the market. The BWU-100A can burn single- and double-layer Blu-ray discs, single- and double-layer DVD discs, and CD-R and CD-RW discs. The only other Blu-ray recorder on the market, Pioneer's BDR-101A (see review), isn't compatible with double-layer Blu-ray media, nor is it compatible with plain old CD-R and CD-RW discs. But the penalty that the Sony BWU-100A pays for universal compatibility seems to be that it records on Blu-ray media much slower than the Pioneer drive does.As a refresher, DVD discs can hold 4.7 Gbytes per layer, and each disc can have two layers per side.... | |
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| | | Sonic Says Nintendo Picks Its DVD Tech | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 2:54:48 AM by Blog57 Team | | Sonic Solutions Inc., a digital media software developer, said Monday its technology will be used for DVD playback on Nintendo Co.'s new Wii video game console. Financial terms of the deal to license Sonic's CinePlayer CE DVD Navigator software were not disclosed. The Wii hits shelves in U.S. stores on Nov. 19. Shares of Sonic Solutions fell 37 cents, or 2.5 percent, to $14.37 in afternoon trading on the Nasdaq. They have ranged between $13.25 and $20.30 over the past year. .... | |
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| | | Nintendo Wii to Include DVD Playback in 2007 | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:57:02 AM by Blog57 Team | | Sonic Solutions, a digital media software company, has announced that it will use its CinePlayer CE DVD Navigator for DVD playback in a future version of the Nintendo Wii that is expected to be released in 2007. The Nintendo Wii will be on sale in the US on November 19th but will not include DVD playback, a move Nintendo made to cut production costs and keep the Wii at a lucrative $249 price. Source: Appletendo » Read more Nintendo News .... | |
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| | | Microsoft on every DVD? | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:56:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | An industry standards group has made a preliminary decision to include Microsoft's video compression technology in a next-generation DVD format, giving the company a key boost in the digital media arena. The steering committee for the DVD Forum on Friday announced provisional approval for Microsoft's VC-9 and two other video technologies -- H.264 and MPEG-2 -- as mandatory for the HD-DVD specification for playback devices. VC-9 is the reference title for the underlying video decoding technology within Windows Media Video 9. The approval is subject to several conditions, including an update in 60 days regarding licensing terms and conditions. The provisional decision "ends months of speculation over whether Microsoft would be endorsed or not," said Richard Doherty, president of media consultancy Envisioneering Group.... | |
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