HistoryThough it may be difficult to remember life without DVDs, they've only been around a little over a decade. It was 1994 when two companies, Phillips and Sony, embarked on a crusade to replace CDs as the primary technology for data storage. Their quest subsequently spilled over into replacing V

Sure, everyone knows what a DVD is. They're those little round discs that have movies on them, right? But how many of you actually know what "DVD" stands for? Would you have guessed "Digital Versatile Disc"? Many of you might have guessed "Digital Video Disc". Close, bu

DVD players have marked perhaps the largest step in home entertainment over the last few decades. Unlike the magnetic tape that a VCR uses, or the film that projectors used even earlier, DVD players use small metallic discs to optically read digital information. The DVD player decodes this informati

When the videocassette recorder was launched on the consumer market in the mid-1970s, it transformed home entertainment. Two decades later, DVD reinvented video media for the digital age. Video and DVD Industries is the first study to consider DVD from an industrial perspective. The book outlines in

Play and record on both VHS tapes and DVDs with the Samsung DVD-VR330 VCR Combined DVD Recorder. In addition to providing a 4-head Hi-Fi VCR, this far- from-basic model offers the flexibility of Full Multi Format Recording (R A M / + / - RW/+/-R); the response of "1sec." Quick Recording; a

The feature-rich DVD-VR345 allows you to play VHS tapes on its 4-head HiFi VCR and save them to DVD disc. Transfer hours of home video onto one DVD, using the Dual Layer Recording feature that nearly doubles storage space. Then Play it back on HDTV, via 1080i/720p HDMI output - a technology that tra

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Sony's stylish and streamlined RDR-GX330 DVD Recorder has all the features you need for worry-free DVD recording. The multi-format compatible RDR-GX330 records to DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW media, as well as 8.5GB DVD+R Double Layer discs for enhanced recording times. Setup is quick and easy with the mul

Upgrade your TV and movie-watching experience with the versatile RDR-VXD655 DVD recorder and VHS combo player with HD tuner. Intuitive graphical interface makes programming your recording easy. Seven VHS recording speeds let you record up to 8 hours per tape. Plus, enjoy the convenience of one-touch

With Dazzle DVD Recorder, anyone can transfer video footage to a DVD using a PC - no experience required. Simply connect a VCR, DVD player, camcorder or other video device to the Dazzle USB hardware. Then use Pinnacle instant DVD recorder software to create a DVD recording complete with menus and ch