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Internal LG DVD burner drive, all of a sudden not functioning
Hey, I never had any un-natural attachments to my Apex. BTW, the services were wonderful. The flowers, ….. But I digress. I would try a cleaning, then toss it. Sorry, ryangarfield , just ignore parts of our humor. But guns1inger has a good point. I wouldn’t devote much time to the unit. Considering DVD drives used to cost $500 just…

Consoles: PS2 - DVD backup discussion: i need help on nes emulator for ps2
Latest post to a thread “i need help on nes emulator for ps2″ has been made by OmriSama at 1 June 2007 00:52

Eliminate a VCD Audio Track
This is bad no? I am only hearing Mono instead of stereo? I don’t want Mono, I want stereo.

DVDFab 3.1.2.6
DVDFab Gold is very fast and easy-to-use DVD copy software. With just one click, you can copy any DVD to DVDR. DVDFab Platinum is all-in-one DVD copying/converting/burning software. In just one or two steps, you can copy any DVD to DVDR/PSP/iPod/etc.

Company or Topic: Micron Technology
CNET News - While we’ve been seeing methanol fuel cells pop up in all kinds of concept devices for a while now, there have been precious few actual shipping products that get their juice on with a fuel cell. That might be slowly changing, as a research team at

Digital video discussion: General video discussion: converting files
Latest post to a thread “converting files” has been made by daveb923 at 29 May 2007 03:00

VDub/MOD cant limit my file size?!?!
XviD 1.1.0 Beta 2? Try with latest stable version Xvid 1.1.2 Final .

Template selection in CCE…
Well, I am using DVD Rebuilder with CCE to backup my NTSC DVDs. Do I even need to go in to CCE and change anything or will just leaving it as standard be fine?

Encoding MPEG 2 to MPEG 4
Thank you for your comments; I try to convert MPEG2 in MPEG 4 so that it can be read on my mac and imported in Imovie . When i say it does not work, i mean that that the conversion begins but end quickly by generating a 0K file.

alltoavi 4 RC1
Batch convert OGM, MKV, MPEG2, VOB, WMV, H264, RM/RMVB to AVI(DivX or XviD) with optional subtitle. Command line tool and GUI included.

Pirates of Silicon Valley on Google Video
Mac Observer - The 1999 TV movie, Pirates of Silicon Valley, starring Noah Wyle and Anthony Michael Hall is now available to watch free on Google Video. The movie goes back in time, looks at Steve Jobs’ and Bill Gates’ early life, the development of the Apple II by

US files two piracy complaints against China
TG Daily - Movie pirates are often able to make copies from the screening reels and even the actual movie reels sent to the theatres. Some pirates even resort to using camcorders to film the movie from their theatre seats. Chinese Commerce Ministry Spokesman

Depp’s Capt. Jack redefined pic pirates
Charlotte.com - Past movie pirates were typically tough guys - take-no-prisoners types who managed to slay the villain and get the girl. “These were vehicles for the most handsome and athletic of all Hollywood stars,” said Jonathan Kuntz, a professor of film history

Young Judaea specialty programs give teens personal connection to
Jewish News Weekly - We saw the movie Pirates of the Caribbean, which was weird because [by then] I had not seen something so American in a long time, she recalled. That day was really nice and special. I ll never forget it. Young Judaea, founded in 1909

Disney Interactive Studios
Gamespot News - Movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Official Movie 2 Take a look at some footage of this game in action on the Wii. May 7, 2007 Movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Official Movie 1 Take a look at some footage of this game in

Software specific discussion: DVD Shrink forum: problems with deja vu
Latest post to a thread “problems with deja vu” has been made by wannapork at 26 May 2007 01:59

ImTOO DivX to DVD Converter v3.0.27.0525
ImTOO DivX to DVD Converter is a DVD burn software which can convert DivX to DVD and burn it on DVD disc.

Nero Burning ROM 7.9.6.0
Nero Burning ROM is THE software when it comes to burning CDs and DVDs. Its unsurpassed stability and reliability have gained Nero Burning ROM a large community of followers a group of people which is sure to grow even more with the arrival of Nero Burning ROM.

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
TotalVideoGames.com - Oblivion’s Executive Producer confirms that the Knights of the Nine quest is also aimed for Xbox 360 and PC For those that say that BlueRay is slow on loading you are not correct. This would be like saying a 4X DVD is slower than a 12X CD player

Blu-Ray disks hacked by sweet talking teenagers
The Register - I am surprised by the media buzz around this, after all what about Slysoft’s AnyDVDHD which claims to circumvent HD and BlueRay protection using a different approach (i.e. not key grabs from memory), I would have thought that this would have been

HD DVD experiences playback problems on Xbox 360
TG Daily - specify is becuase as of current toshiba is the big pusher and seller(per brand)(90%) of HD players that are being sold.They are the backers and the ones trying to push the technology and hardware.They are in a race to prove and denounce BlueRay(BR

Recipient E-mail
DailyTech - The real issue is simple - the two standards are exactly the same, but HDDVD is $100 cheaper for PC folks, and BlueRay is seemingly less likely to go away. So buy HDDVD if you think it will stick around, and BlueRay if you want to play it safe.” This

Flash pricing will only catch up with HDDs in 2016
The Inquirer - U might no agree with some of the other products like betamax.. and umd.. but techni they where better product.. and blueray is way better then hd dvd.. hands down.. So what is your problem with sony.. Why do u like to bash them For some

Hardware AMD Demos Next-Generation Platform
DailyTech - now (if you can afford it) a top end PC will have a four or eight socket MB with eight to sixteen cores apiece, four video cards, two physics cards, two HDTV tuner cards, a twenty four channel wireless multi-gigabyte communication port, a BlueRay

Hardware AMD Demos Next-Generation Platform
DailyTech - now (if you can afford it) a top end PC will have a four or eight socket MB with eight to sixteen cores apiece, four video cards, two physics cards, two HDTV tuner cards, a twenty four channel wireless multi-gigabyte communication port, a BlueRay

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DailyTech - You can’t even get a proper quality standard definition DVD player for less than $150 and good ones are around $400 and up, so $300 for a blueray or HD-DVD player is certainly not expensive. At least that’s the way I see it and I’m not exactly rich

Blu-Ray disks hacked by sweet talking teenagers
The Register - I am surprised by the media buzz around this, after all what about Slysoft’s AnyDVDHD which claims to circumvent HD and BlueRay protection using a different approach (i.e. not key grabs from memory), I would have thought that this would have been

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DailyTech - 35 million down the road, its doubtful but they will come close. Surprise surprise, this time around Nintendo is proving to be the “winner”. Odd thing is, there doesn’t look to be a real loser, dispite the PS3’s misguidance its winning the blueray

Nintendo’s profit jumps 77.2%
Japan Today - Also extra gadgets like blueRay and whatnot are of not interest to me. I am buying such thing to play and to play alone. I assume that the average user who is not very deeply into the technology side of gaming goes really mostly by games and

33 dead . just to make this face famous
Sunday Herald - The first set of quotes is from the videotape left behind by Mohammad Sidique Khan, one of the July 7 London bombers, born and bred in West Yorkshire. The second is from a DVD recording, compiled and packaged between two bouts of disciplined killing

How to print labels directly on recordable CDs and DVDs
CNet - Products needed: PC; CD/DVD-compatible printer; label-design software; printable CD and/or DVD recording media. CD and DVD burners have revolutionized the ways that we share all types of content, from camcorder footage to family photos, music, and

Nero 7 Ultra Edition
PC World - Along with the basic CD- and DVD-recording program Nero Burning ROM, Nero 7 Ultra Edition Enhanced includes modules for recording LPs; creating DJ mixes; video capture, conversion, and editing; photo editing; creating a personal video recorder; and

HD DVD cracks: there’s no going back
Ars Technica - We’re nearing the point of ready availability of tools like DeCSS for HD DVD and Blu-ray, but Blu-ray has a couple of extra layers of protection ( ROM Mark and BD+ ) that have yet to be deployed. Also, both HD formats have an antipiracy weapon in their

Digging in
Open Democracy - In 1999, the Hacker Quarterly published a program called DeCSS that could crack the encryption code that prevented DVDs from being played on “unauthorised” machines. DeCSS was created to fill a gap in the market, because although DVD player programs

May 2007
Electronic Frontier Foundations - The AACS-LA will also doubtless point to the DMCA cases brought against 2600 magazine for posting the DeCSS code back in 2000 (EFF was counsel to the defendant). In that case, both the district court and court of appeals concluded that posting DeCSS to

What’s an “Earthlike” Planet?
Slate - After all, 2600 Magazine , which is media in the exact same sense Slate is, lost its case (linking to the DeCSS software). Furthermore, DeCSS has a very important non-infringing use: to allow Linux users who legally purchased a DVD to play it on their

Court surprised DVD-Jon’s lawyer
Aftenposten - The court based its decision to let a lower court’s acquittal stand on a lack of evidence that other DVD users had used Johansen’s DeCSS program for illegal purposes. DVD-Jon, the court claimed, can’t be punished for contributing to others’ use of