Encore DVD 2.0 Essential Training: The Interface

Host Chad Perkins also discusses transcoding essentials

In this video, host Chad Perkins discusses the basics of the Encore 2.0 interface, covering such things as Encore's panels, buttons, menu items and so forth. He covers the new docked palettes, now called panels. He shows how to resize panels, create a custom workspace, and other neat tricks.

Content Insider #98

HD DVD?And The World Keeps Spinning On Its Axis

With great "surprise," gnashing of teeth and groaning the industry finally admitted there was one next generation DVD format...BD. Surprise !!! Now the industry -- content owners, content developers, hardware, software and media folks face the momumental task of making BD a standard where it counts...in people's homes and on their computers. That's a helluva job....

Blu ray Buyer's Guide

HD DVD is dead. Its time to buy a Blu-ray player

With the massive support and exclusivity of major studios, manufacturers, and stores (both brick-and-mortar, and online), Blu-ray is the clear choice for high definition DVD. With capacities averaging 25GB and 50GB, and bigger discs on the way, plus full 1080p playback, Blu-ray belongs in your home entertainment center, or even in your computer.

Sony BWU-200S Blu-ray disc drive

Record Blu Ray discs and watch Blu Ray movies on your PC

The PC has become a home entertainment system in its own right. Not only can you stream music from it, watch internet videos, and hook a TV tuner up to it, you can also watch Blu Ray DVDs with the appropriate drive. And with many display manufacturers shipping with wide screen HD-capable displays, why just relegate that real estate goodness to spreadsheets, email or Word docs? Play some movies on it and take advantage of that HD capable display. Sony offers up such a drive with the BWU-200S.

Content Insider

2007 Chaos, What/Who Wins in 2008 ?

You have to admit that even with the writers' strike 2007 was a year about content -- from/to anyone/everyone...in every shape/form...for people to use when they want, how they want, where they want. 2008? It's all about storing all that stuff !!