from Video 2 disc

1. compusolver
   Member

   
   I've resisted critiquing articles for many months now, but VM just had to force my hand with their "from Video 2 disc - A DVD Buyer's Guide"..
   
   First I've got to tip my hat to VM for producing several months of issues without making me rant and rave, but I just couldn't let this article slip by.
   
   I'd bet that fifty percent of your readers could have written this article without any research whatsoever. Nothing but fuzzy generalizations and some price estimates that are outdated by the time your mag hits the stands.
   
   What the article didn't cover about authoring software was bad enough, but then it pretends to go on and cover hardware. An editor wisely tried to bury this part by moving it to page 74, but unfortunately, I found it anyway.
   
   How about a REAL article on authoring software? Instead of fuzzy insinuations that some software might let you do copy protection, why not inform readers that this works only when discs are produced by outside production houses? Or better yet, why not show us how to do our own copy protection? Yes, it IS possible - I've done it.
   
   Many of your readers, like myself, often have to kick out dozens or even a hundred or more DVDs at a time. We'd appreciate a REAL article about duplicators - not just something that tells us a DVD burner does one at a time and a duplicater can to several. Duh!
   
   Well, thanks for letting me get that off my chest. I feel better already! X-D

   Posted 6 years ago #

2. videosaurus
   Member

   
   Gotta agree with you on that one Hank. I was expecting a bit more from that article based on the title.
   
   The technology is changing so quickly at this point, they really should publish an in-depth video-to-DVD article at least once per year- and not disguise it as a buyer's guide.
   
   Buyer's guides are OK, but after your puchase you need real information. Software user's manuals are pathetic.
   
   Heck, they should have an article devoted to the format and structure of a DVD- and how you get all that stuff with today's software... that's what I was looking for.
   
   Marlo

   Posted 6 years ago #

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