Chapter 1

Pioneer, 7, 14, 26, 27, 29, 42, 65,
67–69, 73, 83, 111, 126, 179, 180
pit signal processing (PSP), 101
plastic used in DVDs, 36
players and drives
availability of, 6–10
buying or renting, sources for,
199–203
code free, code switchable,
switchable, 20
compatibility problems with discs,
49–50, 51–56
compatibility problems in recordable
DVD, 123–124
cost of, 7, 13
dual layer discs, 31–32
features of, 8–9
hooking up, 83–89
incompatibility in, 6
multilanguage features, 9, 206
problems with, troubleshooting
chart for, 51–56
progressive DVD players, 46–49
recording from VCR and TV to,
29–30
selecting, 8–10
standards for, 32–34
test and optimization discs for,
60–61
testing for quality of, 8
web sites of interest for, 8
PlayStation 2, 1, 64
region lockouts and, 20
Polygram, 20
PowerPoint, 116, 135, 178
predictors of DVD future, 14–18
premastering, 139
pressing DVDs, 139
price (See cost)
Primera, 58
producers of DVD products, 181–199
production of DVDs, 139–178
audio encoding tools for, 147–148
authoring, 139
authoring systems for, 151–157
copying DVD, 176–177
copying home video/film/photos to
DVD, 173–175
cost of, 140
development phase in, 139
DVD-ROM formatting tools for,
141–143
DVD Video content on CD-R or
CD-RW, 172–173
encoding, 139
job opportunities in, 177
miscellaneous production tools for,
148–150
PowerPoint presentation and, 178
premastering, 139
pressing, 139
production services for, 150–151
production studios and companies
for, 157–170
production tools available for,
143–151
publishing phase in, 139
replication, 139
selling, 178
software for, 139
testing/verification services and
tools for, 170–171
training for, 177
video encoding tools for, 143–147
production services, 150–151
production studios and companies,
157–170
program chains, (PGC), 108–109
progressive DVD players, 46–49
progressive scan displays, 9,
109–111
progressive video, 85, 109–111
Proscan, 73
publishing phase, production of
DVDs, 139
pulldown, two-three, 110, 111
pulse code modulation (PCM), 28,
69, 81
pulse density modulation (PDM), 101
Q
Q Pack case, 31
quality, DVD Video, 4–5
Quark mTropolis, 139
QuickTime, 116
Index 221