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   List of DVD manufacturers

   This aims to be a complete list of DVD manufacturers. This list is not necessarily complete or up to date - if you see a manufacturer that should be here but isn't (or one that shouldn't be here but is), please update the page accordingly.
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   DVD-Video

   While the same license prohibits manufacturers from including prominent interfaces to change the region setting it does not clearly prevent them from including "hidden" menus that enable the player's region to be changed; as such, many high-end models in the U.S. include password-protected or otherwise hidden methods to enable multi-region playback. ... The manufacturers of HD DVD, Toshiba, announced in February 2008 that they were ceasing production of their HD DVD players indefinitely, citing low demand for HD DVD and the growing use of Blu-ray, which had become popular due to its inclusion as part of the PlayStation 3 among other things.
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   DVD

   Internal mechanism of a DVD-ROM Drive. ... Manufacturers have announced standard DVD releases well into 2009, and the format remains the preferred one for the release of older television programs and films, with some programs such as Star Trek: The Original Series requiring reediting and replacement of certain elements such as special effects in order to be better received in high-definition viewing.
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   HD DVD

   A few computer manufacturers (such as HP and Acer) sold computers with combination HD DVD/Blu-ray drives. ... List of digital television deployments by country
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   DVD Copy Control Association

   All hardware manufacturers (especially DVD player/burner manufacturers) implement DVD CCA-mandated enforcement features on their products; some even go beyond that and implement additional features to restrict ripping, for example:
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   High-definition pre-recorded media and compression

   The manufacturers of HD DVD, Toshiba, announced in February 2008 that they were ceasing production of their HD DVD players indefinitely, citing low demand for HD DVD and the growing use of Blu-ray, which had become popular due to its inclusion as part of the PlayStation 3 among other things. ... As China starts to dominate manufacturing of TV and DVD units, the country's choice of standards becomes more important for everyone.
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   List of computer hardware manufacturers

   CD / DVD / Blu-ray ... List of computer display manufacturers:
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   DVD-RAM

   However, within "RAMPRG" (the DVD-RAM Promotion Group) there are a number of well-known manufacturers of standalone players and recorders that do support DVD-RAM.
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   DVD recorder

   A number of manufacturers have combined DVD recorders with hard disk-based digital video recorders, allowing for simple recording to large fixed disks, and the ability to spool these recordings off the DVD at a later date. ... List of digital television deployments by country · Canada · United States (HDTV · transition · spectrum auction) · Mexico
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    DVD authoring

    This is the reason DVD players from different manufacturers do not always conform to the same rules – each developer understands the specifications in a slightly different way. ... Apple was at that time already marketing its own DVD authoring system after acquiring German software developer Astarte, but boldly decided to go with Spruce for their next incarnation of DVD Studio Pro.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• List of DVD manufacturers,
• DVD-Video,
• DVD,
• HD DVD,
• DVD Copy Control Association,
• High-definition pre-recorded media and compression,
• List of computer hardware manufacturers,
• DVD-RAM,
• DVD recorder,
• DVD authoring