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Contents
Preface xiii
Chapter 1 General DVD 1
What Is DVD? 1
What Are the Features of DVD-Video? 2
What’s the Quality of DVD-Video? 4
What Are the Disadvantages of DVD? 6
Which DVD Players and Drives Are Available? 6
Which DVD Titles Are Available? 10
How Much Do Players and Drives Cost? 13
How Much Do Discs Cost? 13
How Are DVDs Doing? Where Can I Get Statistics?
What Are Regional Codes, Country Codes,
14
or Zone Locks? 18
What Are the Copy Protection Issues? 21
What About DVD-Audio or Music DVDs? 27
Which Studios Are Supporting DVD? 29
Can DVDs Record from VCRs, TVs, and So On?
What Happens If I Scratch the Disc? Aren’t Discs
29
Too Fragile to Be Rented? 30
VHS Is Good Enough. Why Should I Care About DVD? 31
Is the Packaging Different from CDs? 31
What’s a Dual-Layer Disc? Will It Work in All Players?
Is DVD-Video a Worldwide Standard? Does It Work
31
with NTSC, PAL, and SECAM?
What About Animation on DVD?
32
Doesn’t It Compress Poorly?
Why Do Some Discs Require Side Flipping?
34
Can’t DVDs Hold Four Hours per Side?
Why Is the Picture Squished, Making Things
34
Look Too Skinny?
Do All Videos Use Dolby Digital (AC-3)? Do They All
35
Have 5.1 Channels? 35
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