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About DVD Films - Overview

What is DVD?
DVD stands for either Digital Video Disk or Digital Versatile Disk; the latter probably being the more commonly used. Both descriptions are correct, as although it is used as a medium for home video viewing, the format has a diverse number of uses. DVDs are used as a medium for storing large amounts of information, mostly motion pictures, due to the fact that they require a lot of space. DVDs are similar in appearance to CD-ROMs, which are commonplace today. However, though similar in appearance, they act in a very different way. DVDs cannot be used with CD players, they can only be used through DVD drives.

The aim of DVD is to combine all entertainment mediums, i.e. television, computer and audio, into one single entertainment medium.

DVD emerged from the coalition of a number of entertainment hardware and software manufacturers who believed that a new media type should be developed with optical technology, which would have the ability to store high capacity motion pictures, audio and other multimedia types. The manufacturers were:

Hitachi, JVC, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Phillips, Pioneer, Sony, Time Warner and Toshiba.

Storage Capacity
DVD has the ability to store from 4 Gigabytes up to 17 Gigabytes of data, utilising its single side single layer, double layer single side, and double layer double side capabilities.

Random Access
DVD-Video is a completely interactive medium. As videos are stored in no sequential order, like CDs, users have the ability to program what they want to watch. For example, only certain scenes of a film may want to be watched.

In addition, due to the capability of DVDs to hold such vast amounts of data, users have the ability to view scenes from a number of angles. Around 8 to 10 streams of video, all showing the same images, but from another angle, can be stored on a DVD. For example, if when watching a tennis match, the user can’t see if the ball hit the line or not, he/she can select to view the stroke from another angle, recorded on a separate camera within the stadium. Thus, viewers can get a real feel of being in a football ground or a tennis stadium, by selecting where they want to sit.

Audio Channels
DVD players can use up to 8 audio channels to give superb surround-sound using the Dolby surround-sound system.

Multiple Languages
With the increasing demand for programs to be shown in different languages, DVD-Video provides the ability to hold up to 8 soundtracks in 8 different languages.

Subtitles
DVD-Video has the ability to store up to 32 subtitle files to benefit the deaf or those who don’t want any sound.

Durability
Unlike Videotapes, DVDs are not prone to wear, and so their quality of playback and recording does not diminish with age. Although you still have to be careful not to scratch a DVD which could make it unplayable.

Compact
Even though DVDs can store up to 26 times the amount of data of CDs, they are still the same size as CDs.

DVD Films - Parental Locks

Parents have the ability to have peace of mind when purchasing DVD-Videos. They do not have to worry if the film is an 18 certificate and if small children will be able to watch them. DVD-Videos can store a number of ‘runs’ of a film each edited in a different way. For example, a director’s cut of the film could be put onto the DVD along with a 12-certificate edit, a 15-certificate edit and an 18-certificate edit.