Try scratching this DVD
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Researchers at electronics giant TDK have developed a tough new coating that promises to make scratched DVDs a thing of the past and that will help usher in an emerging data storage format with 10 times the capacity of the current DVD standard.
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Our countdown to next week's CES centers now on whether the CE industry will at last reach a solution to the DRM conundrum. The new trend toward DRM-free music doesn't appear to be shaking the Blu-ray and HD DVD folks, who continue to cling to proprietary disk formats. Will consumers seek a video alternative, and might it come from China?
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DVD players: Buying a DVD player shouldn&#39;t be a problem these days, but understanding all the features crammed into it may be.
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Choosing a DVD player used to be simple: progressive scan or no progressive scan? These days, even the DVD players on sale for $29 at Wal-Mart feature progressive scanning.
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com December 29, 2004, 1:40 PM PT. A new Blu-ray and DVD hybrid disc could bring some relief to consumers weary of the format war, but will it be enough for the increasingly fractured market?
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'NO copy protection - respect the music' stamped on !K7 discs
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DVD Copy Control Association ponders further restrictions Buying a DVD and then copying it for use on your PSP, iPod or laptop could soon become impossible, if the DVD Copy Control Association gets its way.â¦
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Tycho:  It's floating around now, out there on the Wub, and it calls to you.  Or maybe it does, I don't actually know.  In any case, it can be got from 3D Downloads, the Fileplanets, GamersHell, or WorthDownloading.  Download it from mulltiple sites simultaneously for a naughty thrill.  God only knows how this would run on my Vista rig at home, but it's a Vista rig, so you can probably guess.  (CW)TB
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Q: There is a short film called ``Jewel of the Sahara'' with Gerard Butler in it. Can you tell me where I can find it or a Web site I can download it from? Thank You! _ M., Farmdale, Ohio.   A: I do so love these questions about Gerard.
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Natural beauty is a high-tech hit. The hottest thing going in high-definition DVDs is a high-dollar collection of nature documentaries - from England. Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series, from BBC Video, has become the biggest moneymaker yet to hit Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD, the rival formats that Hollywood hopes will one day replace ordinary DVDs.
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There&#39;s a reason progressive-scan DVD players are selling for as little as $29 these days. They are about to be replaced by something better -- and, of course, more expensive.
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Here's an interesting Howto on connecting FlickrFan to the Mac desktop. I love this stuff.  Here's a movie that demonstrates this coolest of hacks.
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Music documentaries like CompaÃ±eras and Dirty Country premiering at SXSW will gain a wider audience through rapid DVD release. Plus: Web design for Flash vs. Ajax and more from SXSW in Listening Post.
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Tycho:  It took three separate discs and two consoles to finally work out the Goddamn kinks, but we were able to play almost the entire Eternal Sonata demo.  Almost!  I wasn't aware people were still boiling discs, presumably in black iron cauldrons where carrots bob, but I don't want to live a life where boiling discs is normal.
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Want to impress your Windows-using friends and colleagues? Start a QuickTime movie, play a DVD, click on the visualizer in iTunes while it plays a song. Then press F9 and watch what happens.  [Dec 15]
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Don&#39;t you think it&#39;s time to retire that VCR? You probably have a DVD player or two, so you already know videocassettes are fast becoming obsolete.
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HD DVD isn't dead, at least not quite. That leaves many options and potentially expensive mistakes for consumers.