Things Dvd
The Past Life Of Blank DVDs
Even with well over a decade of existence, DVDs still remain the source of some confusion for the average home electronics consumer. Within only three years of their debut a challenge arose to threaten the format’s very survival, and it was only recently that history replayed itself with a somewhat similar situation, what with the introduction of competing successor formats like Blue-Ray Disc and HD-DVD. Third in a series that shall review many things DVD, this article will review one of these competing formats, Blue-Ray.
Blue-Ray DVD, or Blue-Ray Disc, is a next-generation optical disc technology developed by a consortium of industry leaders from computer heavy-weights like Apple and Dell to consumer electronics giants such as Sony, Samsung, and Philips. Blue-Ray Disc was invented to provide for high-definition recording, rewriting, and playback of video at a resolution of 720p to 1080i/p. Blue-Ray Discs can store up to 25GB on a single layer, or double that on dual-layered discs, which is some five and ten times the capacity of a standard DVD, respectively. The addition of advanced audio and video codecs help to ensure better, more intelligent processing of signals.
The format was christened “Blue-Ray” because of the blue-violet laser employed in reading and writing data; traditional optical disc technologies from CDs to DVDs±RW use red lasers with longer wavelengths instead. The shorter wavelength of Blue-Ray makes it possible to focus the laser with much greater precision, making possible the engraving of even smaller pits on the surface of the disc. More tightly packed data means increased storage capacity, with Pioneer coming up with an astounding 400GB disc!
However, Blue-Ray products are easily rendered backwards-compatible through the use of a combination pickup unit. The format is also supported by about two hundred of the world’s leading technology and entertainment companies. It is now the only available successor to today’s standard DVD format, after Toshiba conceded defeat and finally withdrew support for its competing HD-DVD format. Toshiba had been the biggest promoter of HD-DVD, but its hand had been forced by the earlier withdrawal of support by industry titans like Warner Brothers, Netflix, and Wal-Mart. With the defection of so many movers and shakers of the industry, the DVD format wars were thankfully rather short-lived, lasting no more than around two years at most. Ironically, the first HD-DVD discs to become available in the United States were released by Warner Brothers just a month after they formally announced the end of their support for HD-DVD.
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Steve Vai – Wild Things DVD Charity Premiere, September 2009
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Wild Things (DVD, 1998, Rated, French and English Subtitles) $1.99 |
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oop Danielle Steel’s FINE THINGS dvd Pollan/D.W.Moffett $9.99 |
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Spike Jonze’s”Where The Wild Things Are”(Blu-Ray & DVD 2010) $6.30 |
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Where the Wild Things Are – Children & Family (DVD 191) $5.55 |
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Avril Lavigne The Best Damn Thing CD DVD pink cover $50.00 |
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The Sweetest Thing (DVD, 2002, Unrated Version) $0.99 |
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No Such Thing DVD SEALED Sarah Polley/Robert John Burke/Helen Mirren/J Christie $6.00 |
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Things We Lost in the Fire (DVD, 2008) $8.99 |
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Justice：What’s The Right Thing To Do (2011) 4-DVD MICHAEL SANDEL $54.99 |
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The THING WITH TWO HEADS Sealed DVD RAY MILLAND $8.79 |
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Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (DVD, 2001) $0.75 |
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Love Is A Many Splendored Thing DVD 05/06/2003 $10.99 |
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Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things (DVD, 2007,… $22.50 |
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Two When Things Backfire Thriller DVDs: Killing Ariel & Wishmaster $5.95 |
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A Guy Thing (DVD, 2003, Widescreen & Full Frame) $3.00 |
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The Sure Thing DVD ( John Cusack ) $4.99 |
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A Guy Thing, Very Good DVD, Jason Lee, Julia Stiles, Selma Blair, James Brolin, $3.89 |
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The Sweetest Thing (DVD, 2002, Unrated Version) $5.99 |
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Wild Things (DVD, 1998, Rated, French and English Subtitles) $1.99 |
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Double Feature: THE CRAFT/ WILD THINGS (DVD, 2007, 2-Disc Set) ***BRAND NEW!!*** $2.49 |
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The Thing with Two Heads (DVD, 2001) Ray Milland, Rosie Grier $4.99 |
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Man-Thing (DVD, 2005) $3.99 |
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The Sweetest Thing/Little Black Book (DVD, 2010, 2-D… $3.99 |
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LOVE DON’T COST A THING (FULL SCREEN) *NEW DVD********* $10.99 |
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BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS *NEW DVD FREE SHIPPING******** $10.99 |
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Things that Hang From Trees DVD Deborah Kara Unger, Cooper Musgrove $1.00 |
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Captive Foraging The Next Best Thing to Being Free for Parrots DVD M. Scott $19.99 |
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Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (DVD, 1999) $8.95 |
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How Things Work / Electricity & Electric Safety [dvd] (direct Source Spec Prod) $8.16 |
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John Carpenter: Master of Fear (DVD, 2009, 2-Disc Set, 4 Movies) The Thing, $8.99 |
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Wild Things (DVD, 1998, Rated, French and English Subtitles) $3.54 |
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Love Don’t Cost a Thing (Widescreen Edition) DVD, Nick Cannon, Christina Milian, $5.44 |
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A Guy Thing (DVD, 2003) $3.25 |
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13 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING- DVD $0.99 |
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Where The Wild Things Are & 5 More Stories [dvd/maurice Sendak] (new Video $9.97 |
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Unitards DVD 2012 PG Family Movie Clean “Not a dance team. A dance… thing” $14.99 |
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The Next Big Thing (DVD, 2002) $4.89 |
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Curious George-takes A Vacation & Discovers New Things [dvd] (uni Dist Corp.) $14.21 |
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Thing Collectors Edition [dvd] Dol Dig 5.1 Sur/eng/span & French (uni Dist $12.42 |
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Love Dont Cost A Thing [dvd/p&s/eng-fr-sp-sub] (warner Home Video) $8.46 |
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Bright Young Things [dvd/1.85/dd 5.1/eng-sp-sub] (new Line) $8.46 |
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Do the Right Thing DVD 2-Disc Set, Criterion Collection BRAND NEW $20.00 |
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Paramount Parhd132584 Things We Lost In The Fire [hd Dvd] $37.54 |
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THE THING HD DVD $6.49 |
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Paramount Pard350094d Things We Lost In The Fire [dvd] (paramount) $19.06 |
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THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS HYPNOSIS – 10 DVD TRAINING SET $78.58 |
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Ncircle Entertainment Cat In The Hat-wings & Things [dvd] $11.77 |
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Love Dont Cost A Thing [dvd/ws/eng-fr-sp-sub] (warner Home Video) $8.46 |
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That Thing You Do! (DVD, 2007, 2-Disc Set, Director’s Cut) $8.99 |
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Swamp Thing – Eight Favorite Episodes DVD, 2009 SEALED $6.50 |
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Wilton 902-246 Soft-Cover Cake-Decorating Guide, Course 2: Flowers and Borders $9.25 Build on the skills you learned in Course 1 with this exciting 4 lesson course -Cake Decorating Course II Flowers and Borders… |
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Up All Night $7.93 ONE DIRECTION UP ALL NIGHT… |
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Up All Night (Deluxe Yearbook Edition) $17.58 All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed…. |
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All Things Must Pass [BOXED EDITION] $12.29 It’s hard to imagine, but Beatles resident mystic George Harrison has arguably become the band’s most curmudgeonly cynic. We offer as evidence this splendidly remastered 30th-anniversary edition of his 1970 multidisc solo epic. If the mini-boxed set’s booklet and twin inner CD sleeves won’t convince you (the album’s familiar cover is colorized and altered to include backdrops of a freeway-tangled … |
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The Thing (DVD) $7.42 A wonderfully crisp script and quick-paced direction distinguishes this film about an alien creature discovered near an Arctic outpost. Members of a scientific research team cart the frozen pilot back to camp where it thaws out–much to their regret. |
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Things (DVD) $13.36 A collection of three B-grade vignettes about the unmistakable horror of man`s creation, ranging from vengeful wives to unspeakable creatures found in the depths of a mine. |
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Things (DVD) $13.79 A collection of three B-grade vignettes about the unmistakable horror of man`s creation, ranging from vengeful wives to unspeakable creatures found in the depths of a mine. |
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Wild Things (DVD) $8.64 Unrated Version A seemingly virtuous high school guidance counselor, Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon), is accused of rap |
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The First Beautiful Thing (DVD) $14.78 255 characters or less! |
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All Good Things (DVD) $12.38 255 characters or less! |
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Evil Things (DVD) $10.17 Description not available. |
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Bright Young Things (DVD) $4.46 Based on VILE BODIES, the novel by Evelyn Waugh, this colorful trifle is set in 1920s London at the height of its raucous swing |
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The Sweetest Thing (DVD) $7.85 Unrated Version Where can a girl who is usually the heartbreaker find the perfect guy? For Christina Walters (Came |
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One True Thing (DVD) $14.83 Widescreen ONE TRUE THING tells the sobering story of a family whose strength is tested when tragedy strikes. Elle |
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Very Bad Things (DVD) $7.32 When a group of friends go to Las Vegas for a bachelor party, things begin to go wrong when the party’s stripper dies. Attemptin |
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Wild Things (DVD) $8.9 French and English Subtitles A seemingly virtuous high school guidance counselor, Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon), is a |
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Bizarre and Strange Things (DVD) $7.38 Though carnival sideshows are no longer a viable form of entertainment, people continue to be fascinated by the bizarre and stra |
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Dirty Pretty Things (DVD) $6.65 Chiwetel Ejiofor gives a remarkably understated performance in director Stephen Frears`s offbeat and gripping drama DIRTY PRETTY THINGS. Ejiofor stars as Okwe, a Nigerian who is trying to make a new life for himself in London, where he works days as a … |
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One Last Thing (DVD) $7.36 Theatrical Release: May 19, 2006 |
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The Shape of Things (DVD) $7.65 Rachel Weisz, Paul Rudd, Gretchen Mol, and Frederick Weller star in Neil LaBute’s adaptation of his own stage play, which also f |
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Our Latin Thing (DVD) $14.83 This film, shot all over Spanish Harlem in New York City, explores the musical celebrations of that city`s Puerto Rican population. Among the many artists featured are Johnny Pacheco, El Conde, and Ismael Miranda. Izzy Sanabria serves as the emcee and … |
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These Foolish Things (DVD) $13.36 Description not available. |
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Sordid Things (DVD) $16.81 |
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Ashford and Simpson – The Real Thing (DVD) $12.86 Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson are responsible for some of the biggest R&B hits of all time. As a songwriting team for Motown Records, the husband-and-wife pair created smash singles for Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, and Diana Ross. This exciting… |