In the age of DVD

... 1995: " ladies and gentlemen, DVD has arrived! "

... 2000: What is the DVD about?

In 1995, the struggle for a new format of audio, video and high-resolution data was resolved with a general agreement, after Toshiba and its partners with SD (Super Density), and Sony and Philips with MMCD (Multi Media Compact Disc) showed that a perspective like the one that occurred between BETA vs. VHS could be given. Five years later, DVD technology continues its march to conquer consumers. Already more than 10,000,000 users in the United States alone enjoy its advantages. This article seeks to look at certain specifications and tools to take more advantage of DVD technology.

The protection copy was one of the requirements made to the DVD technology production industry, after the experience had with VHS and CD formats. The working group on the protection copying technique, in collaboration with the entire industry, included various methods of protection for DVDs. Analog and digital protection. The Macrovision system is used to prevent information from being copied to a VHS and an encryption scheme is used to encode digital data streams. This encrypted data can only be read with a hardware chip found in the DVD player or by means of software based on a decoding system in PC format.

Yes, the future has come in the form of DVDs and has more and more followers. Latin America has not been left behind and producers and broadcasters have already "armed" with equipment to gain market. The best thing about this is that it will result in well-being for many people if they take advantage of the best of their possibilities. Apart from enjoying a large home cinema format (Home Theather system), (entertainment is a very important area of the human dimension) there are other applications that in the immediate future will make us have more time for our families. Maybe the book as we know it will disappear (that's what guru Bill Gates has said) but the thirst for knowledge (and reading to quench that thirst) will not die. So, perhaps one of the most interesting applications that the DVD can offer is training or distance education. If this is added to satellite technology, the contribution of videoconferencing, the Internet, computers of more capacity and more speed, the support in MPEG technology for data compression, and very valuable data, and a high resolution of images and sounds, Accurate and technical information can be harnessed to nurture knowledge and become increasingly competitive.

As many know, an outstanding feature on DVDs is the ability to change the angle of the observed image. More than nine shooting angles can be had in a program. These different points of view generate an enrichment of movies, video clips and sporting events. One click and the viewer can switch instantly without pausing the audio or video.