Chapter 1

214 Index
bass management, 29
BBFC Censoring, 60
BeOS, 133
black and white picture from DVD, 41
black bars at top and bottom of
screen, 43–44
black level, 10
blank (recordable) DVDs, 203
block, 46
Blu ray disk (BD), 77, 114, 207
Blue Book CD-standards, 67
Blue HD DVD 1, DVD 2, 114, 207
Blue laser DVD, 112–114, 112, 207
Blue Spike, 28
BMG Entertainment, 11
bob, 47
books about DVD, 206
Buena Vista, 20, 73
burning CDs, ripping audio from
DVD, 138
burning DVDs, 130
burst cutting area (BCA), 112
buying DVDs and players, 199–203
C
C��, 139
capacity of DVD, 34–35, 69, 89–92
care of DVDs, 30–31, 44–46
labeling, 58
laser rot, 36–37
lifespan of DVD, 112
CCS, 180
C-Cube, 14, 66, 119, 128
CD-Etra, 67
CD-i, 67
CD-players, 9
CD-Plus, 67
CD-R, 6, 8, 9, 63, 65–65
DVD Video content on CD-R or
CD-RW, 172–173
CD-ROM, 1, 13, 18, 63, 115
DVD-ROM and, 64, 65
CD-RW, 65
DVD Video content on CD-R or
CD-RW, 172–173, 172
CD��G, 67
CDs, 1, 31, 64–68
CDV, 67–68
CEMA, 15
censoring, 60
Checkpoint security systems, 61
China video CD-(CVD), 66
chipped DVD, 40
Chromatic Mpact2 chips, 47, 118
Cinematrix, 48
Circuit City, 73, 74
cleaning DVDs, 44–46
closed captioning, 59, 95
CMC Magnetics, 126, 127, 129
coaxial inputs, 9
code free players, 20
code switchable players, 20
Cognicity, 28
Color Corrector, 22
colorkey, 130
ColorStream Pro, 85
Columbia TriStar, 20, 61, 134
Communications Specialties, 119
compact disc (See CD)
compatibility of disc and player,
49–50, 51–56
compatibility problems in recordable
DVD, 123–124
component analog audio, 88
component progressive analog
video, 82
component video, 84
composite video (CVBS), 81, 84
compression (See also MPEG), 4, 6,
68, 78–79, 93, 94, 100, 105
animation and, 34
streaming media, 133
compression artifacts, 5
computer software (See software)
computers and DVD, 115–138
ActiveX, 135, 136
DeCSS, 133–135
DirectShow, 137–138
DVD Audio discs played on
computer, 120–122
DVD movies played on computer,
115–120
DVD-RAM, 127–128
DVD-ROM, 132–133, 135