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Archos to make personal video players
that can copy from DVDs

Archos to make personal video players
that can copy from DVDs 12/02/2003 01:23 AM
One of the biggest problems with personal video players is that there isn't a whole lot of legal content to watch on them. Because it's illegal to copy a DVD to a computer, and most people won't want one of these things just to watch home videos, the most likely source of content for these things right now is P2P file-sharing networks like Kazaa, where it's not too hard to find MPEGs of The Sopranos and The Simpsons. To get around all that, manufacturer Archos is going to start putting special chips from Texas Instruments into their personal video players that supposedly make it possible to copy movies from DVDs and watch them on the player. Read...

Consumer groups push legal right to copy
DVDs for personal use

Consumer groups push legal right to copy
DVDs for personal use 05/12/2004 09:38 PM
San Jose Mercury News May 13 2004 1:07AM GMT

9/11 commission report: How to get a
copy online or in hard copy

9/11 commission report: How to get a
copy online or in hard copy 07/22/2004 01:20 PM
Here are instructions on how to obtain a copy of the official final report of the 9-11 Commission. The document will be posted online at 11:30 am ET today is now available online at this Link.

The U.S. Government Printing Office offers hard copy, if you prefer. Ask for stock number 041-015-00236-8. This will cost $8.50 plus $4.75 for shipping, (total = $13.25), checks and most major credit cards accepted. Order by phone at 866-512-1800 or on-line, or by mail from Superintendent of Documents, PO Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.

You can also obtain a copy of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's report on the U.S. intelligence community's pre-war assessments on Iraq on-line: Link. The GPO offers printed copies for $51 (stock number 052-071-01415-2, follow order instructions above.)

Update: Reader FerrisB says, "If you'd like to hear the testimonies from the commission hearings, the iTunes store has them available for free in their audiobook section. Link

Update 2: BoingBoing pal John Rambow says, "There's also a trade book edition of the report. It's only $10, and it's probably easier to get and read than the GPO's version. Li nk"

Update 3: Jason Kottke says, "I've created an HTML version of the 9/11 Commission Executive Summary with permalinks for each paragraph for easy linking and copy/paste. Link

How to get a copy of the 9/11 report
online or in hard copy

How to get a copy of the 9/11 report
online or in hard copy 07/22/2004 08:02 AM
Here are instructions on how to obtain a copy of the official final report of the 9-11 Commission. The document will be posted online at 11:30 am ET today. Link.

The U.S. Government Printing Office offers hard copy, if you prefer. Ask for stock number 041-015-00236-8. This will cost $8.50 plus $4.75 for shipping, (total = $13.25), checks and most major credit cards accepted. Order by phone at 866-512-1800 or on-line, or by mail from Superintendent of Documents, PO Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.

You can also obtain a copy of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's report on the U.S. intelligence community's pre-war assessments on Iraq on-line: Link. The GPO offers printed copies for $51 (stock number 052-071-01415-2, follow order instructions above.)

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Ukrtelecom offre des services Internet
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Investvalley.com - Sat Mar 26, 10:33 am GMT

How to Copy Xbox Games and Copy PS2
Games

How to Copy Xbox Games and Copy PS2
Games 03/25/2005 06:30 AM
Cecil Anderson says: " These are Copy Xbox Games and Copy Ps2 Games secrets that most video gamers never discover" about his best selling video gaming guide written for people who want to make back up copies of their xbox and PS2 games. [PRWEB Mar 25, 2005]

How to Care for CDs and DVDs (AP)

How to Care for CDs and DVDs (AP) 05/05/2004 03:41 PM
AP - Handling tips for CDs and DVDs, including the recordable versions, from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

New 'PM For Kids' DVDs/VHS

New 'PM For Kids' DVDs/VHS 07/09/2004 01:11 PM
Popular Mechanics Jul 9 2004 5:13PM GMT

Mr. Clean Available for DVDs

Mr. Clean Available for DVDs 04/19/2004 05:52 AM
It's a control issue -- tone down the blood or foul language with a new genre of DVD player developed by RCA and ClearPlay. Parents, or those with weak stomachs, may like it, but studios object.

How to Care for CDs and DVDs

How to Care for CDs and DVDs 05/05/2004 06:31 PM
AP via Newsday May 5 2004 10:35PM GMT

Paper DVDs

Paper DVDs 04/16/2004 01:06 PM
Sony and Toppan Printing have developed DVDs consisting of 51 percent paper. Data is stored on the discs using a blue laser instead of red. The smaller wavelength of blue laser light means that 25 gigabytes of data can be packed onto each paper/polymer disk, more than twice the capacity of traditional polycarbonate plastic-based DVDs. Link

CDs, DVDs are not immortal

CDs, DVDs are not immortal 05/06/2004 01:37 AM
globetechnology.com May 6 2004 5:30AM GMT

CDs, DVDs not so immortal

CDs, DVDs not so immortal 05/06/2004 10:21 AM

CDs, DVDs: Human After All

CDs, DVDs: Human After All 05/07/2004 05:01 AM
One reason CDs and DVDs are so expensive is that they're supposed to last forever. Well, they don't. Shoddy manufacturing can spell an early demise, as can careless storage and handling.

Best DVDs of 2002

Best DVDs of 2002 07/31/2004 07:22 AM
G4 Tech TV Jul 31 2004 11:17AM GMT

CDs and DVDs Not So Immortal After All

CDs and DVDs Not So Immortal After All 05/05/2004 01:57 PM
AP via Newsday May 5 2004 6:34PM GMT

Fair Use with DVDs

Fair Use with DVDs 07/08/2004 08:25 PM

NY Times: Whose DVD? A Debate Over Copies. The free copying tools are available through Internet sites that are not directly subject to American law, often because the nations that those sites call home permit individuals to copy material for their own use. People seeking such tools need only pose the question in an Internet search engine to find dozens of sites devoted to the subject, including the Afonic DVD Guides site (www .dvd-guides.com), run by Joseph Chatzimichail, a 20-year-old electrical and computer engineering student in Salonika, Greece.

What high-def will do to DVDs

What high-def will do to DVDs 06/17/2005 02:19 PM
News.bbc.co.uk - Thu Jun 9, 09:28 am GMT

DVDs set records

DVDs set records 01/06/2005 08:49 AM
USA Today Jan 6 2005 1:05PM GMT

The Next Generation In DVDs

The Next Generation In DVDs 04/20/2004 03:24 PM
CBS News Apr 20 2004 8:09PM GMT

Kelby's Photoshop DVDs now available

Kelby's Photoshop DVDs now available 05/14/2004 03:24 PM
Scott Kelby, best-selling author and editor-in-chief of Photoshop User and Mac Design, today announced the release of two new Adobe Photoshop training DVDs...

Dashboard DVDs and Death

Dashboard DVDs and Death 07/27/2004 04:47 PM
Wired News Jul 27 2004 8:21PM GMT

Paper DVDs on the horizon

Paper DVDs on the horizon 04/19/2004 10:58 AM
BBC Apr 19 2004 3:45PM GMT

CNN.com - CDs, DVDs not so immortal -
May 6, 2004

CNN.com - CDs, DVDs not so immortal -
May 6, 2004 05/07/2004 05:58 PM
CNN.com - CDs, DVDs not so immortal - May 6, 2004 .. CD Rot .. CDrot .. CNN

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Tracking down the pirate DVDs

Tracking down the pirate DVDs 07/16/2004 01:43 AM
News.bbc.co.uk - Thu Jul 15, 09:30 am GMT

Corporate DVDs at Your Fingertips

Corporate DVDs at Your Fingertips 12/15/2003 08:02 PM
Internet.com Dec 15 2003 7:08PM ET

How high-def will change DVDs

How high-def will change DVDs 02/01/2005 09:51 PM
High-definition will close the gap between cinema and home entertainment, but will also change DVD production.

Dust off for Imation DVDs

Dust off for Imation DVDs 01/05/2005 01:33 PM
Magnetic media maker's scratch- and smudge-resistant discs to hit stores by February.

Two-Day DVDs a Slow Sale

Two-Day DVDs a Slow Sale 10/29/2003 12:11 AM
Disposable DVDs have been available for over a month, and a survey of stores finds the product is not flying off the shelves. Plus, environmentalists are keeping up their efforts to stop the sale of a product they call wasteful. By Katie Dean.

Creating Stunning DVDs

Creating Stunning DVDs 08/04/2004 06:31 PM
“No other DVD authoring program in the $500 price class is capable of creating such stunning, highly creative DVDs as Apple’s DVD Studio Pro 3,” writes PC Magazine. “For video pros looking to take their productions to the next level, it’s worth a serious look.” [Aug 4]

Write and read CDs up to 40X and DVDs up
to 16X--OWC has the gear

Write and read CDs up to 40X and DVDs up
to 16X--OWC has the gear 03/17/2005 03:43 AM
OWC offers internal 'SuperDrive' DVD and CD burners for the PowerMac G3, G4 and G5, eMac G4, iMac G4 and G5, Mac mini, G4 Cube and PowerBook G4. Internal drives start as low as $75 and feature up to 16X DVD (4.7 GB per disc) burn speeds, up to 6X DVD Dual Layer (8.5GB per disc) burn speeds and up to 40X CD burn speeds.

Techies improve on DVDs (USATODAY.com)

Techies improve on DVDs (USATODAY.com) 04/19/2004 06:58 AM
USATODAY.com - People may love their DVDs, but as they buy movies, TV shows and other programs in record numbers, something even better is lurking down the pike.

Can't Wait For The Original Trilogy
DVDs?

Can't Wait For The Original Trilogy
DVDs? 09/06/2004 05:55 PM
I'm betting this auction for the much anticipated Original Trilogy DVD set due out September 21 won't last long on eBay. eBay Original Trilogy In Hand.

H.264 Video Codec for Next-Generation
DVDs

H.264 Video Codec for Next-Generation
DVDs 06/23/2004 10:37 AM
The DVD Forum has ratified the H.264 Advanced Video Codec for the next-generation High Definition DVD format. Jointly developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group and the International Telecommunication Union, H.264/AVC will ship in QuickTime software next year. [Jun 23]

Beginners Guides: Burning CDs and DVDs

Beginners Guides: Burning CDs and DVDs 12/18/2003 04:37 AM
For those of you that are beginners or have a family member that is getting a computer and you do...

Downloads outsell DVDs and vinyl

Downloads outsell DVDs and vinyl 02/10/2004 10:39 AM
Legal music download sales reach a new high to become the second most popular singles format in the UK.

New Software lets you edit DVDs

New Software lets you edit DVDs 05/19/2004 10:18 AM
DVDxDV is a new software program that transforms DVDs into digital media that can be read by a Mac just like a flash memory card from a digital camera...

Making DVDs user friendly

Making DVDs user friendly 02/01/2005 10:12 PM

I have been messing around with a similar conundrum. I have a PocketPC that I drag everywhere and just got a 1Gb SDIO card that works with it. I found a product called DVD2PPC which rips DVDs to WMV files compressed to the viewed on the PocketPC. It works pretty well. Sometimes the audio track is off. But for the most part it works. and I get 5-8 movies on my PPC.

I'll be that Apple is discussing with studios about movie downloads. The iPod is the perfect platform for this. My PocketPC plays video and it won't be long before iPods do.

I guess I’m not typical.

It’s rare for me to watch a DVD at home anymore. If I’m watching TV, it’s a basketball game, something on HDNet/Movies, or one of the HD channels, or something I Tivo’d. Typically Dave Chappelle or Law & Order.

About the only time I actually place an actual DVD into a DVD player is when it’s for my daughter.

That’s not to say I don’t want to watch DVDs, or I haven’t watched DVD’s. I do, and I have.

I watched them in hotel rooms on my PC. I’ve watched them on my PC when I’m on a plane.  Mostly, and I’m sure this was my fault for not being careful, I watched half ‘till the end, the other half until they stopped playing because of a scratch.

Is there anything more irritating than a scratched DVD?

So I thought I would do something about it. I have already written about how I think hard drives will have a significant part to play in how we experience and watch video content. What I hadn’t done personally was take the time to convert DVD’s I had PURCHASED to a format that could be easily stored on my new remote control sized, 80gbs Firelight.

My plan was to take the drive, stuff it with movies, and use it to launch movies I could watch on the road.

What a pain in the ass.

I used 3 different rippers. All pretty much worked in realtime. Slow. Tedius. Didn’t rip correctly every time.  My dream of taking 20 or so movies on the road with me died a sad death halfway through the boredom of coming back and checking to see if Dodgeball was done.

Which leads to the “aren’t I the customer here moment,” we all have.

Why isn’t an AVI, DIVX, WMV, MOV or any format of computer usable video put on one of the DVD’s ? Anything but those pain in the ass VOB files. Most DVD’s have the less than 1gbs in space left.

It can be copy protected for those studios with Piraphobia (fear of piracy).  I just need the ability to copy it 3 or 4 times (don’t want to be left off when I put it on my new 250gbs mobile drive next year ).

I would even pay a premium for it…Put a sticker on the package saying this DVD has a format compatible with PC hard drives.

Better yet, you could put it online. Let me put my DVD in, it checks your website for authenticity,  I give you my demographic information, you let me download a file I can put on my hard drive.

You win, the customer wins and guess what? When it comes time to buy a DVD, and it’s a toss up between the movie that makes it easy for me, the customer, vs. the one who doesn’t care about me. Guess which one I pick ?

If no one wants me as their customer, then I do more of what I’m starting to do now. I take the movies and tv shows I record from my computer based PVR and copy them to my little harddrive (in minutes for everything), and watch them on the road instead of buying your DVD’s.

Complications lose customers. Simplification gets customers. 

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[Blog Maverick]

Top software for playing DVDs on your
laptop

Top software for playing DVDs on your
laptop 02/17/2004 09:19 PM
ZDNet Feb 18 2004 1:32AM GMT
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