Chapter 1

InterVideo, 119
invention of DVD, 179–181
IRMA, 16
J
Japanese Electronics and Information
Technologies Association, 16
JC, 48
jewel boxes (See packaging for DVD)
job opportunities in DVD
production, 177
Joe Kane Productions, 60
judder or jerkiness, 110
JVC, 7, 27, 73, 179
K
Kagan, Paul, 15
karaoke DVDs, 67, 106
Kardon, 73
Kenwood, 7, 73
Key Digital Systems, 119
kibibytes (KiB), 210
kilobytes, 210
L
LaBarge, Ralph, 79
labeling DVDs, 58
language features, 9, 206
laser rot, 36–37
laserdisc, 36–37, 68–71, 83, 88
upgrade to DVD, 71
layer change, 37
LeadTek, 118
legacy or CD-Compatible discs, 39
legacy titles, 70
letterbox format, 43–44, 96–100
Letterbox/Widescreen Advocacy
Page, 44
licensing, 179–181
lifespan of DVDs, 112
light and dark in picture, 42–43
line doubling, 47
line multipliers, 47
linear PCM, 102
linear pulse code modulation (LPCM),
100–101
lines of resolution (See also
resolution), 95–96
Linux, 119, 133
Livid, 119
lockouts, 6, 7, 9, 18–21, 23, 70–71
lossy compression, 4–5
low frequency effects (LFE), 102, 103
low-level audio, 107–108
M
Index 219
Mac OS X, 133
Macintosh, 131–132
DVD movies played on computer,
119–120
Macromedia Director, 139
Macrovision, 21–22, 26, 42–43, 89,
126, 139, 180
Madrigal, 7
magnetic strips on DVDs, 58
main profile at main level (MP/ML), 93
makers of DVD products, 181–199
Marantz, 7
Margi DVD To Go, 116, 118, 119
Markertek, 85
MasonX, 119
Masters of Reverse Engineering
(MoRE), 135
Matsushita, 7, 14, 21, 22, 27, 73,
179, 180
Maxwell, 126, 127
MCC, 129
mebibytes (MiB), 210
Memorex, 129
memory chips, 40
meridian lossless packing (MLP), 100
MGI SoftDVD Max, 116
MGM, 20, 73, 134
Microsoft (See also Windows), 15, 67,
76, 79, 116
Microsoft Xbox (See Xbox)
midnight mode, 105
Millennium technology, 26
Minidisc, 103
Miramax, 20