Technology of The CD and DVD DVD's and CD's operate in a similar format, standard DVD's are based on the almost two decade old compact disc technology, having been designed to hold more data. ... DVD Advantages DVD picture quality is better, and many of DVDs have Dolby Digital or DTS sound, which is much closer to the sound you experience in a movie theater. Many DVD movies have an on-screen index, where the creator of the DVD has labeled many of the significant parts of the movie, sometimes with a picture. ... DVD players are compatible with audio CDs. ... The tr...

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However, if you wanted to have the movie as part of your collection, you would need to get a DVD burner. ... The other long term forecast I would make is that the CDs to download to and the DVDs you purchase are different in that you have to play the CD in a computer you can not put it into your DVD player. Whereas purchasing the DVD itself is compatible in both. ... Personally, the cost of purchasing the DVD versus downloading and having to watch it on a computer would be much more convenient in my opinion. ...

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NetFlix has been providing DVD owners a convenient and a cost effective way to rent movies since April 1998. NetFlix operated as an internet based rental subscription services for digital video disc (DVD) formatted movies. ... Goal Having foreseen the positive trend of the DVD player market together with the rapid growth of internet access, NetFlix positioned itself in the online DVD rental business. The target market NetFlix focuses on those who love movies, have access to internet, possess a DVD player or DVD-ROM equipped PCs. ... As a web based business, NetFlix has rapid growth poten...

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Technology has also put a great deal into DVD players. ... They also have a greater amount of DVDs than cassette tapes. ... However they do not mind the DVD players and the DVDs. Technology sees this generation gap as an investment opportunity with DVD/VCR combos. ... They have their choice of watching a DVD or a cassette tape. ...

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Computing machines can be dated back to the advent of the abacus, a wooden rack holding two horizontal wires with beads strung across them. Several different types of arithmetic operations could be performed when these beads were manipulated. Another early calculator, later called Napier's Bones, made its debut in the early 1600's. This device, invented by Charles Napier, consisted of a series of rods that could be used to perform multiplication. The first digital calculation machine was built by Blaise Pascal in 1642. ...

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Also with certain programs, users can watch their favorite DVD on their computer instead of have a TV or DVD player. But for a DVD to work, hardware such as a DVD Rom has to be installed. If the user has a DVD burner as well, then they can copy the DVDs for themselves or others if they wanted to. They could even make DVDs from home videos or clips of other things, though the make a DVD the user would require some software to actually burn it onto a disc. ...

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When speaking to the manager, suggest placing DvD's and there soundtracks in the same area. ... Another great way to maximize your sale is store isle displays, with these a sales representative can place a DvD, Video Game, Action Figure and the posters all in one store isle display. ... Ex: The Manager of Online Retail Sales for JcPenney Co. tells you he wants to buy 1000 copies of Shrek on DvD to sell on his website. ... Suggest to him that making this a package on his website would actually maximize his DvD sales while also making a larger profit. ... Suggest Soundtracks to accompany Dv...

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If a film producing company creats a program that doesn't let you copy DVD's it can still be cracked. If it's a man written source code then a man can rewrite that same source code ableing them to copy DVD's 90% of CD/DVD software copiers are already defeating protections. ... Are DVD and CD companies going to suddenly convert to a newer format? ... The companies thought DVD encoding was the way to go, that was short lived. ...

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Item=N82E16814131533 Specifications: Brand: ASUS Internal Cd Drive BD-ROM Access Time: 250ms Panel Cover: Black Write Speed: DVD+R(16x) DVD+RW(8x) DVD-R(16x) DVD-RW(6x) DVD+R DL(8x) DVD-R DL(8x) DVD-RAM(12x) CD-R(48x) CD-RW(24x) Read Speed: BD-ROM(12x) DVD-ROM(16x) CD-ROM(48x) Interface: SATA Load Type: Tray Description: Power and an energy saving disc drive. ... It supports CD, DVD, and Blu-Ray discs. ...

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MOtherboard, Processor, Video card, SOund card, DVD, CD-ROM, Monitor, RAM (SD-RAM) Case, speakers, DVD-EncoderCard, etc.. ... Then you can go and install all your other cards, (sound card, modem, DVD-Encoder card, etc...) ... After you take out the punchouts you can go ahead and put in your Hard drive, ( 3.5 inch bay ) and your CD-Rom or dvd (5 1/4) drive,then you can connect your power, make sure that the YELLOW wire is facing out, then you can connect the IDE/66 connectors to the board and CD-rom or dvd. ...

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However, in a recent case, a teenager in Norway cracked the code protecting DVDs. Now, using a computer and a DVD-ROM drive, people can record DVD movies onto their computer and share them with other people on the internet. When he cracked the algorithm behind DVD protection, he submitted to BugTrack, a site that monitors bugs in systems. ... However, he was arrested for cracking the DVD algorithm. ...

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Today, not only do we have our typical floppy disks, but more recently compact disks and DVDs are also becoming a prevalent storage media. ... A DVD-ROM disk, digital video disc, is another form of the CD technology. The DVD began as an alternate to VHS cassettes, but they are now prevailing in the computer industry. ... The DVD itself costs $25 (Parsons and Oja 44). ... DVD? ...

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Why not wait until it comes out on DVD or VHS? ... You would save hundreds and hundreds of dollars watching your VHS or DVD at home with a new stereo system. ... The only disadvantage would be having to wait for the movie to come out on DVD or VHS. ...

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The article is stating that the California Superior Court Justices overturned the earlier appeal to keep the encryption code for DVD's off the Internet. ... Many of the bigger companies like Boeing Co., Ford Motor Co. and AOL Time Warner Inc. sided with the DVD association. The case was centered around a guy who was just trying to let people watch DVD's on their computers. ... The fact that companies like Boeing Co., Ford Motor Co. and AOL Time Warner Inc. went in and put pressure on the justices to side with the DVD association just proves that each day the little guy's ri...

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Decision-making factors are generally the speed of the processor, hard drive space, amount of memory, size of the monitor, type of CD/DVD drive, software packages, and technical support. ... You also want to decide on what kind of CD/DVD-ROM drive you want installed. ... Also, you can add a DVD player so you can view and edit DVD movies on your computer. DVD burners are available also for a hefty price tag. ...

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DivX DVDs are usually a fraction (around 15%) of the size of a standard DVD; even at 640x480 resolution, they"re the best home video format in terms of the space that they take. ... DivX is the affordable alternative to DVD and it provides affordability through rental and sell-through prices competitive with VHS tapes. ... The software index includes: Essential Software- must have it Calculators- video/audio bit-rate calculators Codecs and Filters- video/audio codecs and filters Cutting and Joining Tools- DivX/AVI/ASF/MWV files-audio, conversion/encoding, editing/fixing/info Viewer, rip ...

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A storage device can be classified as an internal or external hard drive, a CD-ROM or DVD drive, and the many different types of tape drives on the market. Virtually every computer on the market today comes equipped with a 3.5 floppy drive, one internal hard drive, and a CD-ROM or DVD drive. ... A DVD (Digital Video Disc) drive is an optical, high capacity version of the CD-ROM. ... CD-ROM and DVD technology has forged ahead into the recordable and rewritable formats. We now have the CD-R & CD-RW, as well as, DVD-ROM, DVD+RW, and now DVD-RAM. ...

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Another type of piracy of intellectual DVD (digital versatile/video disc) ripping. ... Besides a different drive, the disc space capacity of a DVD is almost ten times the size of the average CD. With these changes and a high encryption format a person is not able to copy a DVD on to a CD, but you can rip the movie. To rip the movie means to copy the image in a lower quality and different format that the DVD comes on. ... The quality of this format is very good and very fast but not as good as DVD. ...

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CD rippers and DVD decoders provide a way around digital guards protecting software. ... What if a video clip was needed from a DVD? ... iDVD is Apple's DVD copying software. At the time, Apple users were only able to record DVD's using a specific computer that had a proprietary internal DVD-RW drive. ... Instead now, people have to buy a completely new computer to be able to record these DVD's. ...

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Single sided DVD's can hold 3.7 GB. ... It requires a DVD-ROM drive installed in a computer, and DVD-ROM drives can play DVD-Video. DVD-Video is the movie format. ... DVD-R is a write-once version used for creating masters, and DVD-RAM is the official rewritable DVD sanctioned by the DVD Forum. ... DVD-R/W is also a rewritable version, but is more an extension to DVD-R than a competitor to DVD-RAM. ...

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Another type of piracy of intellectual DVD (digital versatile/video disc) ripping. ... Besides a different drive, the disc space capacity of a DVD is almost ten times the size of the average CD. With these changes and a high encryption format a person is not able to copy a DVD on to a CD, but you can rip the movie. To rip the movie means to copy the image in a lower quality and different format that the DVD comes on. ... The quality of this format is very good and very fast but not as good as DVD. ...

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Holographic data storage has evolved from other optical media like the CD and DVD. ... That medium is the DVD. DVD's can have up to four layers. ... How DVD's work http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/dvd3.htm ...

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Both will be replaced by DVD-RAM drives that will be able to rewrite to a DVD ROM a very large amount of times. Bill concentrates on applying the DVD and hard drive technology in the year 2000. He talks about putting the DVD into home entertainment systems, game consoles, and of course the existing computer systems, linking all those things up to the Internet and let the information superhighway supply all those devices. ...

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Criticisms of Marketing There are several advantages of marketing as we know it. Marketing is specially formulated so that more of company A's products are bought. But in the end, through advertising the consumer ends up getting a fair amount of choice. A typical marketing plan with a fair a...

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