* Most Blu-ray players can also play standard DVDs and CDs ( although this feature is not compulsory in the Blu-ray standard ).

A movie can be distributed via hard drives, optical disks ( such as DVDs and Blu-ray Discs ), or satellite and projected using a digital projector instead of a conventional film projector.

A library's collection can include books, periodicals, newspapers, manuscripts, films, maps, prints, documents, microform, CDs, cassettes, videotapes, DVDs, e-books, audiobooks and other formats.

In addition to viewing DVDs, one can play 3D video games and use enhanced DVD navigational tools such as zoom and smooth scanning of DVD playback.

Other options include removable media ( hard drives, DVDs or other media that can hold many patients ' images ) that is physically transferred off-site.

A DVD is much better able to take repeated viewings than VHS tape, which can crack or break, which makes DVDs a better format from a rental store's perspective.

As well, whereas a VHS tape can be erased if it is exposed to a magnetic field ( such as by being left near a speaker ), DVDs are not affected by magnetic fields.

Even though DVDs do not have the problems of tapes, such as breakage of the tape or the cassette mechanism, DVDs can still be damaged by scratches.

DVDs offer a number of advantages for the viewer: DVDs can support both standard 4x3 and widescreen 16x9 screen aspect ratios and DVDs can provide twice the video resolution than VHS.

DVDs can have interactive menus, multiple language tracks, audio commentaries, Closed Captioning and subtitling ( with the option of turning the subtitles on or off, or selecting subtitles in several languages ).

In fact, radio and TV news recordings of his voice can be found on the Internet, documentaries, and on bonus materials of Marx Brothers DVDs.

In July 2009, Nickelodeon unveiled a new logo for the first time in 25 years on the packaging of Nickelodeon DVDs coming out beginning that month, the Australian service's " Nick Shack " website, and that year's Nickelodeon Animation Festival, intending to create a unified look that can better be conveyed across all of MTV Networks's children's channels.

Again, some alternative 3rd-party firmware can enable this so that burned DVDs appear as DVD-ROMs and are playable by older DVD players.

Such a conversion will have similar Video8 / Hi8 audio and video quality to the original, but being digitized can be edited and used as video files or converted to DVDs.

Many stores also lock CDs, DVDs, and video games in locking cases, which can only be opened by the checkout operator once the item has gone through the checkout.

While most DVD rippers only convert video to highly compressed MP4 video files, there are other rippers that can convert DVDs to higher quality compressed video.

( Movie and DVD soundtracks can be mixed down to four or more tracks, as needed, the most common being five tracks, with an additional Low Frequency Effects track, hence the " 5. 1 " surround sound most commonly available on DVDs.

CD-Vs are not to be confused with Video CDs ( which are all-digital and can only be played on VCD players, DVD players, CD-i players, computers, and later-model Laserdisc players, such as the DVL series from Pioneer that can also play DVDs ).

HD DVDs would continue to be released through May 2008 ( when their contract with the HD DVD promotion group expired ), but only following Blu-ray and DVD releases.

Subtitles are found on many Asian VCDs but cannot be removed, unlike DVDs.

In April, the band announced that a box-set entitled Blur 21 — containing all seven Blur studio albums, four discs of unreleased rarities and three DVDs — would be released in July.

As well, during the 1990s, DVDs were increasingly recorded with " surround sound " processes that included a Low-frequency effects ( LFE ) channel, which could be heard using the subwoofer in home theater systems.

These DVDs were ostensibly coded for Region 1 ( North America ), but found by purchasers to be region-free.

As Blockbuster had agreements that allow it to receive DVDs 28 days earlier than Netflix, the new service could be major competition.

HIT Entertainment released a number of single-disc DVDs with three episodes each ( two in the VHS counterparts ) plus bonus episodes which could be unlocked by completing a trivia game before releasing the first three seasons of Fraggle Rock on DVD in Region 1 between September 2005 and September 2007.

In April, the band announced that a box-set entitled Blur 21 — containing all seven Blur studio albums, four discs of unreleased rarities and three DVDs — would be released in July.

Kim was said to be a huge film fan, owning a collection of more than 20, 000 video tapes and DVDs.

However, some Terrytoons shorts are believed to be in the public domain, and have been issued on low-budget VHS tapes and DVDs.

In some cases, this may be true where technology enables lower amounts of input to be used in producing the same unit of product ( and / or it reduces the amount or hazardousness of the waste generated per unit product produced ) ( e. g., the increased availability of movies through the Internet or cable television electronically may reduce the demand for physical video tapes or DVDs for films ).

Also, in 2000, based on the long-lasting " Broadway " trailer, a new trailer called " Broadway 2000 " could be seen in theaters and DVDs.

Subscribers with a plan of $ 4. 99 / two DVDs per month, one DVD at a time, were allowed two hours which could only be watched on a computer.

The first cause of action alleged Blockbuster's infringement of U. S. Patent No. 7, 024, 381 ( issued April 4, 2006 ; only hours before the lawsuit was filed ) by copying the " dynamic queue " of DVDs available for each customer, Netflix's method of using the ranked preferences in the queue to send DVDs to subscribers, and Netflix's method permitting the queue to be updated and reordered.

Netflix has speculated that the effect of the Blockbuster-Weinstein agreement could result in higher rental costs and / or fewer copies of the studio's movies, which would limit the number of each movie's DVDs that would be available to subscribers at any one time.

* DVDs — a section for DVDs of the show that had been or were scheduled to be released to the public

With these setbacks Spikey returned to stand-up and live shows again and has been regularly releasing DVDs of his shows.

While customers can buy used DVDs from the kiosks ( with unsold used DVDs returned to suppliers ), Redbox estimates only 1 % to 3 % of the company's revenue comes from used disc sales.

He can be seen during the ' phon ' scene, where he asks the protagonist, Cody Beaumont, for his DVDs to be returned.

When she returned to Canada, security officials, including Konrad Shourie, met her at the airport bearing a search warrant stating that " Zaynab Khadr has willingly participated and contributed both directly and indirectly towards enhancing the ability of Al Qaeda ", and seized her laptop, DVDs, audiocassettes, diary and other files.

Given the arrival of DVDs etc., it is unlikely that any movie ever made will sell as many tickets as DVS Karna sold over 150 million tickets ( currently higher than the next highest ticket selling 19 movies put together!

The band continued to release albums and DVDs well into the next decade.

For example, Redbox currently estimates we will pay more than a combined $ 1 billion over the next five years to Sony, Lionsgate and Paramount to purchase and then rent new release DVDs to consumers ," while Warner Bros. says the deals are proof that far from being shut out by Hollywood, " Redbox ’ s business has thrived since its suit against Universal, underscored by lucrative distribution deals with Paramount Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and Lionsgate.

Slade's next mission involves Anders Klimakks, a porn star who is found by Los Angeles police wandering naked with a bag containing fifty pornographic magazines and DVDs.

The previous episode to " Citizen Joe " is " Full Alert " and the next episode is " Moebius Part 1 " on those DVDs.