Chapter 1

216 Index
copyright (See also copy
protection), 26
cost of discs, 13–14
cost of DVD players and drives, 7, 70
cost of DVD production, 140
country codes, 18–21, 70–71
Creative Labs, 7, 116
Creative Technology, 118
cross platform DVD, 39
CustomFlix, 123
cutting master format (CMF), 126
CyberLink, 119
D
D region code, 59–60
data encryption standard (DES), 74
Dataquest, 15
decoders, DVD movies played on
computer, 116–120
DeCSS, 27, 133–135
Dell, 128
Denon, 7
development phase, production of
DVDs, 139
dialog normalization (DN), 105–106
Diamond Multimedia, 7
Digimarc, 26
digital audio, 83, 87–88
digital compression, 6
Digital Connection, 118
digital copy protection system (DCPS),
24, 25
Digital Display Working Group
(DDWG), 25
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
(DMCA), 26, 133, 134
Digital Theater Systems (DTS), 5, 8, 9,
29, 35–36, 69, 70, 81, 83, 87, 88,
93, 100, 106–107, 119
digital transmission content protection
(DTCP), 24
digital TV (DTV), 9, 71–73
digital video, 85
Digital Video Express (See Divx), 73
digital video noise reduction
(DVNR), 111
Digital Vision, 119
digital visual interface (DVI), 82
Digital Voodoo, 118
direct stream digital (DSD) format,
28, 101
Director, 135
DirectShow, 118, 137–138
disadvantages of DVD, 6
Discovision Associates, 180
Disctronics, 139
discussion groups for DVD
authors, 205
Disney, 73, 134
Divx, 26, 73–76, 79, 134
DivX Deux, 76
Divx discs, 31
DivX Owners Association, 74
DivXNetworks, 76
Dolby, 100, 180
Dolby Digital, 5, 8, 28, 29, 33–38, 40,
41, 69, 70, 81, 83, 87, 88, 93, 101,
102, 106–107, 115, 119, 139, 180
Dolby Digital Surround EX
(DD EX), 105
Dolby Pro Logic, 9, 104, 106–107
Dolby Surround, 36, 38, 69, 70,
104, 106–107
double sided dual layer discs
(DVD 18), 92
downmixing, 104
DreamWorks, 73
DTS Digital Surround (DTS-ES), 40–41,
103, 105
dual layer discs, 31–32, 34–35, 91–92,
209
double sided dual layer discs
(DVD 18), 92
layer change, 37
DVD 14, 40
DVD Audio, 1, 11, 100–101
audio quality in, 100–108
content protection for prerecorded
media (CPPM), 23
copy protection, 27–29
DVD Audio discs played on
computer, 120–122
region lockouts and, 20
SACD, 28–29
secure digital music initiative
(SDMI), 27
watermarks, 28