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November, 2008
by Nathan Beaman
People love movies, and many people love them enough to want to watch movies about the movies they love. Special features are any additional audio, visual or interactive media that exist beyond the original version of a film on a DVD. These features may be items such as extended versions, director's cuts of the film, audio commentaries, behind-the-scenes featurettes, documentaries, production stills, cast and crew bios, alternate endings, animatics, interactive games... the list goes on and on. So, if you can dream it up as an added feature, someone somewhere is going to appreciate it. Let's take a closer look at a few common special features you can add to your own DVDs.
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October, 2008
A light-hearted look at wedding video. The Goal: Create a top-notch video keepsake that will be treasured for generations to come.
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September, 2008
by Charles Fulton
So this is how life turned out, post-HD disc format war.
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January, 2007
by Richard Gray
Burn, Print, Show!
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October, 2006
by Bill Davis
Is HDV really the next big thing? In potential for greatness, perhaps. In "file size" surprisingly not. But in "gotchas"... maybe.
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May, 2006
by Bill Davis
Is HDV really the next big thing? In potential for greatness, perhaps. In
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September, 2008
by Stephen Smith
A guide to which DVD mass-production option works best for you. You've burned a master disc of your pièce de résistance and are ready to ship it all over. Just one problem: you have only one disc, and burning hundreds by yourself isn't feasible. Or is it? Both duplication services and home-use duplicators create the same outcome, so which one should you go with? This article will arm you with the information you need to choose the option that works best for you, so you can tackle your next big project with ease.
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February, 2008
by Mike VanHelder
Profit On Demand
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March, 2007
by John Burkhart
Anyone who's serious about encoding for a wide variety of formats and doing it efficiently will find this video compression software their main squeeze.
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January, 2007
by Edward B. Driscoll, Jr
An Introduction to DVD Hardware and Software.
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January, 2007
by Morgan Paar
In attics, basements and closets everywhere, there are piles of tapes waiting for the ambitious video editor to give them new life.
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October, 2006
by Richard Gray
Affordable Automated Duplication
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August, 2006
by Kyle Cassidy
Make sure your priceless family treasures don't get left behind. Here are some tips to turn your twentieth century celluloid into twenty-first century ones and zeros.
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October, 2005
by Bill Davis
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September, 2005
by Morgan Paar
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August, 2005
by Morgan Paar
Disc Makers ReflexMax4 DVD Duplicator
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August, 2005
by Morgan Paar
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April, 2005
by Bill Davis
The home DVD production dam started breaking down when computer manufacturers started equipping their products with DVD burners.
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April, 2005
by Bill Davis
How to keep that freshly burned DVD from moonlighting as a coffee-table coaster.
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March, 2005
by Joe McCleskey
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February, 2005
by Charles Fulton
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January, 1998
by Larry Burke-Weiner
Tips for avoiding generation loss when duplicating video tapes.
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February, 2000
by Loren Alldrin
Here is an extended explanation on the basic concepts of recording DVD-video, CD-R video and Video CDs.
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May, 2001
by Larry Lemm
with Stephen Muratore
Discover this new, high quality distribution format for Internet video.
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February, 2003
by Charles Fulton
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October, 2003
by D. Eric Franks
The software you need to design and create your own DVDs.
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September, 2003
by Joe McCleskey
There are more options for getting your video seen than ever before.
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October, 2003
by D. Eric Franks
Understanding the differences meanings and reasons for the differing formats.
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September, 2004
by George F. Young
A little planning, your expertise and your camera can turn into a career or at least a little cash when you create a video yearbook.
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January, 2004
by Joe McCleskey
MPEG-4 explained and compared to other MPEG flavors.