Ever since Thomas Edison’s introduction of the first commercially viable film projection device in the late 19th century, society has been enamored with the idea of recording and playing back events in the form of “motion pictures,” and the 20th century has marked a rapid progression of said technology. Initially, video playback was expensive and cumbersome, meaning that consumers had to attend movie theaters to enjoy their favorite flicks. The next advance came in the 1970’s with the development of the Video Home System (better known as VHS), which brought about the advent of VCR’s and the ability to view “video tapes” in the comfort of your own home. Subsequently, the explosion of microelectronic and digital technology enabled a new video playback device, first available commercially in 1996. This new technology harnessed the power of digital data storage and cutting edge optical and electronic semiconductor technology to bring users the ultimate home theater experience. What exactly am I referring to? You guessed it, the now ubiquitous DVD.
The acronym “DVD” originally stood for Digital Video Disc, but as this versatile technology found more and more uses in non-video applications, it has come to be known by many as the Digital Versatile Disc. Officially, the members of the DVD Forum (maintained by Toshiba) never came to a decision on the matter, so the name of the format remains “DVD,” and the meaning of the “V” remains ambiguous. But despite the confusion over the acronym, the DVD has taken the world by storm.
As DVD technology has evolved, two factors have made DVD players incredibly appealing and successful: a combination of its simple interface and its incredible power and capability. Digital microprocessor/mi...
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...st, as they say, is history. By 2003, DVD sales and rentals had topped those of VHS, and sales of DVD players had reached over 65 million worldwide, merely a handful of years since their introduction in 1997. Clearly, the DVD standard had cemented its place in society.
Today, the DVD player contains additional features such as digital rights management (DRM) to prevent copying of movies. These safety features also include a content scrambling system (CSS) and a region code, also aimed at preventing piracy. Players must be able to decode both the CSS and the region code, providing extra protection and ensuring that a player sold in a given country does not play discs encoded for a different country. While the technology of the DVD player continues to evolve, its prevalence is undeniable, in 2008, over 85 percent of homes in the United States owned a DVD player.
12. DVDs are digital versatile disc, optical discs used to externally store data. DVDs have higher recording and retrieving speeds, are better suited for backing up information, and have higher capacity per device than
In the late 1970s, Sony introduced a technology called a videocassette recorder (VCR) to the American public. The product was revolutionary because before its introduction, recording television programs for the average consumer was impossible. The new device created a large amount of controversy. Suddenly, people could record and copy television shows and movies and do with the content what they pleased. Film studios and television networks feared the consequences of the consumer-empowering VCRs. After a significant amount of debate and lawsuits about copyright and ethical issues surrounding VCRs, manufacturers and content-providers began to relax as consumers widely purchased the devices and in turn, began renting more videos.i In the end, everyone won as VCRs created a new movie rental market and also benefited consumers.
Science fiction movies have taken a leap with the use of its new technology: 3D. With the help of 3-D camera systems, projectors, sound effects, and shutter glasses, film makers have been able to improve science fiction movies, captivating audiences of all ages. It was not until 2004 when 3-D technology regained its popularity after having a thwarted emergence during the 1920s. The first 3-D movie was produced in 1922. Although Avatar is considered the best 3-D film ever made, several movie critics disagree, arguing that “House of Wax”, produced in 1923, has been the best 3-D movie so far. Many companies, such as Sony, Panasonic, and LG, are already selling TV screens with this innovative technology integrated in it. However, not everything about 3-D technology is as good as it seems; it has its drawbacks as well. And it has been recommended that children under the age of 12 should not watch 3-D television until their eyes are fully developed.
The DeCSS program was created by a group of three European programmers that called itself Masters of Reverse Engineering (MoRE). The media usually attributes its creation to a Norwegian teenager, Jon Johansen, although he has stated that he did not even do the crucial decryption portion [1]. DeCSS was created to provide a method of DVD playback under Linux, which at the time had no program capable of playing DVDs. In order to understand the basis for the case by the MPAA, it is necessary to first understand the encryption scheme employed by DVDs and how DeCSS circumvents this to facilitate playback.
There are two new formats of DVD's coming out one is Blu-ray and one is HD-DVD,
As time and people are continually changing, so is knowledge and information; and in the film industry there are inevitable technological advances necessary to keep the attraction of the public. It is through graphic effects, sounds and visual recordings that all individuals see how we have evolved to present day digital technology; and it is because of the efforts and ideas of the first and latest great innovators of the twentieth century that we have advanced in film and computers.
be affected by the increased use of new technology such as televisions. now being attached to DVD?s and VCR?S, downloading, buying illegal. products. The.. Processes? the need to cut costs, speed up production and compete.
In an age dominated by obsession with preservation and a world encompassed by digital products, it seems only natural that more and more filmmakers would switch over from the physical, delicate form of celluloid film, to the more permanent, easily copied and shared digital format. However, are these filmmakers sacrificing quality for convenience? Is it possible for the digital format to live up to the precedent format of celluloid film
Two new managers have been appointed at Sony in the last 15 years due to a number of developing problems, including the innovation ‘cogs’ within Sony slowing down, being forced into an aggressive pricing strategy, increased competition, losing the battle of VHS and Betamax, profit and sales remaining flat and the ongoing poor performance of Sony films (Mintzberg et al, 2003). Both managers initiated major strategic changes with varying degrees of success; firstly Nobuyuki Idei was appointed and initiated a major shift from analogue to digital technology, as there was a belief that Sony was falling behind the market in this respect. Idei also targeted the top position in the audio and visual industry, a universal standard in home computer devices and a new distribution infrastructure. He believed his job was the ‘regeneration of the entrepreneurial spirit’ (Mintzberg et al, 2003), believing it had been lost.
A Worldwide Problem Software piracy is defined as the illegal copying of software for commercial or personal gain. Software companies have tried many methods to prevent piracy, with varying degrees of success. Several agencies like the Software Publishers Association and the Business Software Alliance have been formed to combat both worldwide and domestic piracy. Software piracy is an unresolved, worldwide problem, costing millions of dollars in lost revenue. Software companies have used many different copy protection schemes. The most annoying form of copy protection is the use of a key disk. This type of copy protection requires the user to insert the original disk every time the program is run. It can be quite difficult to keep up with disks that are years old. The most common technique of copy protection requires the user to look up a word or phrase in the program's manual. This method is less annoying than other forms of copy protection, but it can be a nuisance having to locate the manual every time. Software pirates usually have no trouble "cracking" the program, which permanently removes the copy protection. After the invention of CD-ROM, which until lately was uncopyable, most software companies stopped placing copy protection in their programs. Instead, the companies are trying new methods of disc impression. 3M recently developed a new technology of disc impression which allows companies to imprint an image on the read side of a CD-ROM. This technology would not prevent pirates from copying the CD, but it would make a "bootleg" copy differ from the original and make the copy traceable by law enforcement officials (Estes 89). Sometimes, when a person uses a pirated program, there is a "virus" attached to the program. Viruses are self-replicating programs that, when activated, can damage a computer. These viruses are most commonly found on pirated computer games, placed there by some malignant computer programmer. In his January 1993 article, Chris O' Malley points out that if piracy was wiped out viruses would eventually disappear (O' Malley 60). There are ways that a thrifty consumer can save money on software without resorting to piracy. Computer companies often offer discounts on new software if a person has previously purchased an earlier version of the software. Competition between companies also drives prices low and keeps the number of pirated copies down (Morgan 45). People eventually tire or outgrow their software and decide to sell it.
In Conclusion, the SWOT analysis shows that Redbox has many strengths to be profitable and has the potential for future growth in the industry. The DVD movie rental industry is still s...
Today movies and television consist of a huge part of the entertainment system in American culture, something we usually take for granted, as it has become a normalcy in our everyday lives. If we were to go back just over 100 years ago to the early 1900s, the American film industry was just getting started. The great American Inventor Thomas Edison was a big contributor to the start of cinema. Edison’s development of the kinetoscope in 1885, a device that allowed people to see short sequences of moving images, was revolutionary. Kinetoscope (peep-show) parlors opened all across America, and people were willing to pay about twenty-five cents, to see these new and fascinating moving pictures. Means for another new way to view moving pictures, the projector, followed soon after, to the dismay of Edison. Edison wanted to keep kinetoscope parlors going because of the enormous amount of profit he was making off them; but the projector was introduced in 1895, by the Lumière brothers, and now viewers were able to see life like images, six to nine feet tall, right before their eyes. This new way of viewing movies prompted the introduction of the first movie theaters, called nickelodeons. Going to nickelodeons became an extremely popular leisure activity among Americans. People were fascinated with the idea of the moving picture, even if it was just an actuality, such as people exiting a factory or getting on a train, as seen in Exiting the Factory or Arrival of a Train at LaCiotat, short, silent films made in 1895 by the Lumière brothers on only one reel of film. Moving away from the actuality film, which showed non-fiction events that had been captured on camera, people wanted more, and the idea of the narrative film was born. As opposed ...
There are many important events in the history of film. This paper discusses some of the early milestones, critical turning points and events that influenced the progressions of the big screen. This industry endured many changes over the years, and the results are the movies as we know them today. The idea of a motion picture began in the early 1800’s.
Ans: DVD is called digital verstile data storage and Blu-ray is a digital optical disc data stoarage. DVD have five to ten times more storage capacity as compared to CD and same as this blu-ray has much more capacity then DVD and is more liable then dvd with more advance performance . In blu-ray disc we use a Blue laser instead of red and a improved lens which allows more smaller focous and reaveals more details.