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Can You Hook Up a DVD Player to a Widescreen LCD?

Widescreen LCD televisions usually come with a myriad of colorful and varied connections on the back which can lead to some confusion when it comes to hooking up a DVD player. However, there are five basic ...Read More

 
How Do Digital Copies Work?

Digital copies of music and video are encoded to restrict their playback. The Content Scrambling System (CSS) assigns a unique key to each title so it can only be played with approved hardware and software. ...Read More

 
 

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Physical installation of a DVD drive is only one step in making it work. You must also have software if the drive is to play movies. If your computer came with a DVD drive and you're simply replacing it, ...Read More

"Upconversion" emerged as a buzz word among DVD buffs in 2008, when Blu-ray became the de facto HD storage medium with HD-DVD's exit from the market. This feature does two things to standard DVD discs, and ...Read More

For years, the only people who could afford DVD players were the super-rich. Damn them. Fortunately, over the past few years an abundance of affordable DVD players have made it to market, meaning they're now ...Read More

When you purchase a regular DVD player, you will only be able to play DVDs that are released for your country's region code and video standards. So, if a DVD you want is only released in another country that ...Read More

The U.S. analog-to-digital broadcast transition has caused many Americans to reshuffle their home entertainment systems. While viewers with cable and satellite services didn't need to make any changes, viewers ...Read More

Recording from an external DVD player to your computer is not difficult if your DVD device supports copying from the device to the player library on your computer. This process is sometimes called "reverse ...Read More

The laserdisc (LD) home video format competed with rival formats such as VHS before the advent of DVD. Although laserdisc players never sold as well as VCRs in the United States, the format offered advantages ...Read More

Copying your home videos from DVD to your hard drive will preserve your videos for years, since a good hard drive is much less susceptible to damage than a DVD---provided you treat it well, of course. If you ...Read More

Just having a DVD drive in your computer may not be enough in order to enjoy your favorite movies on your high-resolution monitor. DVD player software is required to decode the video on a DVD disc and properly ...Read More