Chapter 1

DVD Audio Recording (DVD AR), 1
DVD burners, 30
DVD Consortium, 179
DVD Copy Control Association (DVD
CCA), 23
DVD Demystified, 60
DVD Entertainment Group, 16
DVD explained, 1–2
DVD Express, 58, 116
DVD File, 58
DVD Format/Logo Licensing
Corporation, 179
DVD Forum, 26, 27, 179, 210
DVD PROM, 40
DVD-R, 1, 9, 121, 122–130, 203
DVD-RAM, 1, 39, 40, 121–130
DVD-RAM TuneUp, 116
DVD-ROM, 1, 11, 13, 38, 39, 40, 67,
68, 93, 120–122, 129, 132–133,
135, 139
CD-ROM and, 64, 65
copy protection, 23, 26
DVD Audio discs played on
computer, 120–122
formatting tools for, 141–143
labeling, 59
region lockouts and, 20–21
software titles available on, 197–199
DVD-RW, 1, 121, 122–130
DVD Stream Recording, 1
DVD To Go, 116, 118, 119
DVD V, 108
DVD Video (See also production of
DVD), 1, 2–4, 11, 38, 68
audio quality in, 5–6, 100–108
content on CD-R or CD-RW,
172–173
Dolby Digital and, 35–36
DVD movies played on computer,
115–120
features of, 2–4
high definition TV (HDTV), 71–73
quality of, 4–5
screenshots of, 130–131
sharpness setting on TV and, 5
specifications and standards, 92–96
DVD Video Recording (DVD-VR), 1
DVD�R, 1, 121, 123, 128–129
DVD�RW, 1, 121, 123, 128–129, 206
DVD�RW Video Recording
(DVD�VR), 1
DVD�R, 122–130
DVD�RW, 122–130
DVDBuyingGuide, 10
DVDFile, 10
DVDMadeEasy, 123
DVDPlusRW.org, 123
DVDRHelp, 123
Dxr3, 116
dynamic range, 6, 102, 105, 107–108
dynamic range compression (DRC),
105
E
E4, 118
Easter eggs in movies, 43
Eastman Kodak, 127
ECMA International, 180
eCoustics.com, 10
edge enhancement, 111
Elecde, 119
embedded signaling (See also
watermarks), 28
EMI Music, 11
encoding, 139
encryption, 24, 25, 74, 76, 139
enhanced CDs, 67
enhanced DVD, 39, 79
Er, 119
error correction code (ECC), 46
Euro connector (EC), 81
Europe, titles available, 11
extended conditional access (XCA), 24
extended data service (XDS), 22
external deinterlacing, 48
EZQuest, 119
F
Index 217
Fantom Drives, 119
Faroudja, 48
FAT16 and FAT 32 Windows
systems, 92
features of DVD, 69
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), high definition TV and, 71
field adaptive deinterlacing, 47