DVD-9 to 5: The New Copying Reality
How hard is it to copy a DVD movie? Not as difficult or time-consuming as some make it out to be — and it’s getting easier and more convenient every day.
Archive of posts tagged DVD-ROM
OSTA Specifies MultiPlay
DVD devices of every description must read CD-R discs. It’s been more than five years since I first delivered that simple message. The consumer electronics industry, however, has yet to take it to heart.
DVD Forum Touts DVD Multi Specification
The DVD Forum announced its new DVD Multi specifications that mandate player, drive and recorder compatibility for most DVD disc formats.
Questioning DVD Duplication
Thanks to inexpensive media, advances in high speed writing, broad based compatibility and the continuing move to just-in-time delivery, CD-R and CD-R duplication have ignited a revolution in the world of CD manufacturing and are poised to bring about the elimination of low run CD replication. However, is it fair to assume that DVD will …
MultiRead – The DVD Sequel
The Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) has undertaken a renewed effort to surpass its previous accomplishments in the hope of bringing some clarity to the DVD storage marketplace. I’m of course referring to the existing MultiRead specification for CD and OSTA’s desire to create a new MultiRead 2 specification designed to promote and facilitate compatibility …
CD-R’s Digital Destiny
Some aspire to greatness while others have greatness thrust upon them. Certainly, greatness appears to have been thrust upon CD-R, which started life humbly enough as an expensive prototyping system. Beginning almost in obscurity, it now is poised to be the dominant optical storage technology for the next five years. Where else can so much …
Why Set-Top DVD Needs to Read CD-R
It’s now been more than two years since I first talked about the need for DVD devices to read CD-R discs, but manufacturers of set-top DVD products still haven’t gotten the message.
The Time is Right for MultiWrite
Isn’t it odd that with all the talk about the importance of DVD drives being able to read CD-Recordable and CD-ReWritable discs, no one has stopped to consider the desirability of DVD devices also being able to write these formats?
DVD-ROM and CD-R: The Compatibility Question Answered
As the first generation of DVD-ROM drives ushered in a brand-new day in high-density optical media storage, the same drives seemed to spell doom for die-hard CD-R users, who harbored a well-founded fear that they might have to abandon their investments in CD-R hardware and media and migrate to the new technology.
DVD Forum Unveils DVD-RAM and DVD-R Formats
Toshiba Corporation announced that the DVD Forum has completed the format specifications for DVD-RAM and DVD-R.
DVD Forum Rolls Out Interim DVD Format and Logo Licensing
Toshiba Corporation announced that the DVD Forum has initiated its interim DVD format and logo licensing program.