STUDIOS TO DEVELOP ENHANCED DVDS.Byline: Greg Hernandez Staff Writer Three major video studios announced Wednesday that they will provide content for DVD players A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it may be able to play DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD players are cabled to a TV or home theater system for display. being developed that will have the ability to blend the media features of DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. with Internet content. Disney's Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. and New Line Entertainment will work with InterActual Technologies Inc., which is developing technology that will enable consumers to play DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. content using set-top players in the living room instead of playing the disc on a personal computer. ``The possibilities of this format are endless once DVD video can be blended with related, dynamic Internet content and enhanced ROM data for playback on a consumer DVD player,'' said Jim Wuthrich, Warner Home Video's vice president of worldwide interactive marketing. Home video executives said new benefits to DVD, previously available on PCs, will include enhanced menus; searchable video; and online features such as group events, consumer polling, updated commentaries and biographies, online challenges and links back to other online Web sites. New Line executives said the enhanced DVD players will enable the studio to expand its DVD-ROM creative efforts. ``By leveraging our existing development process with InterActual, we are excited about offering compelling, enhanced features such as Script-to-Screen, where consumers can view the screenplay screenplay Written text that provides the basis for a film production. Screenplays usually include not only the dialogue spoken by the characters but also a shot-by-shot outline of the film's action. while watching the movie,'' said Michael Mulvihill, vice president of content development for New Line Home Entertainment. InterActual has been working with the DVD industry over the past year and a half to define a specification that offers consumers an enhanced experience while offering system manufacturers a cost-effective implementation. Benn Carr CARR Carrier CARR Customer Acceptance Readiness Review CARR Carrollton Railroad CARR Corrective Action Request and Report CARR City Area Rural Rides (Texas) CARR Configuration Audit Readiness Review CARR Customer Acceptance Requirements Review , vice president of technology for Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Pictures and Television, said a key aspect of this format is ensuring that both on-disc and online material is seamlessly displayed to the consumer. ``Consumers will only embrace this new technology if it offers a robust solution that is fast and responsive, has rich graphics capabilities, provides flawless presentation of audio and video content, and is easy to use,'' Carr said. |
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