...storing large amounts of data. This extra capacity combined with the use of advanced video and audio codecs will offer consumers an unprecedented HD experience. The specifications of Blu – Ray vs. DVD Blu-Ray uses a blue-violet laser as opposed to the red laser used on DVDs. This allows Blu-Ray discs to hold a lot more information on them than DVDs. This increase in the amount of information that can be stored on a disc allows you to put High-Definition movies on a disc and not run out of space, since the average HD movie will take up about 15-20 gigabyte (GB) of space. If you have not seen an HD movie yet I would suggest stopping by your local Best Buy or Circuit City and looking at a Blu-Ray display. The images are sharper, brighter, and more detailed than any DVD movie. What manufacturers are trying to do is make the movie look as close to what you see in a real theater as possible, except for it is a tenth the size and in your home. Blu-Rays cannot be played in an additional DVD player, which means that you will eventually have to buy a Blu-ray player. However, all Blu-ray players can play DVDs, and they upscale the images to look better on an HD screen, up to 1080p so, while you will have to get a new Blu-Ray player to play HD movies, you can still see all of your current DVDs on the same player, and they'll be enhanced as well....
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...User Manual Critique: Marantz DVD Player DV4003 This critique is on the Marantz DVD Player DV4003 user manual. This manual was chosen at random from brand names with which I am unfamiliar so as to provide an unbiased critique on its printed material. The user manual for this particular product is very comprehensive. Although there are 54 pages total including the covers, the information is organized well and in a logical order. The chapters are marked on the edge of the page for easy location in the manual, and the language (of the several available) in which this particular manual is written is highlighted on the top. The manual starts with a page giving congratulations on the purchase as well as information on DVD copy protection, the operating environment, and warnings and cautions. It welcomes the user and provides some valuable information before any startup or installation is discussed. This is followed by two pages of safety instructions that conclude with regulatory information. All of the legalities are covered before the “user” part of the manual begins. Following all of the legally required information is the table of contents which is thorough and accurate. It is well organized with headings for the specific categorized chapters and subheadings or the indexed items in those categories. It is very simple to go through and see what is contained under each heading, and to find the needed steps by the layout. Helpful notes are marked with a very visible icon to grab...
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...Which CD or DVD format should I use? Disc | General information | Capacity | Compatibility | CD-ROM | Known as a read-only disc, usually used to store commercial programs and data. You can't add or delete information on a CD-ROM. | 650 MB | Highly compatible with most computers and devices. | CD-R | You can burn files to a CD-R more than once (each time is referred to as a session), but you can't delete files from a Mastered disc. Each burn is permanent. | 650 MB700 MB | You must close the session to read this disc in a different computer. Highly compatible with most computers and devices. | CD-RW | You can burn files to a CD-RW more than once. You can also delete unwanted files from the disc to reclaim space and add additional files. A CD-RW can be burned and erased many times. | 650 MB | Compatible with many computers and devices. | DVD-ROM | Known as a read-only disc, usually used to store commercial programs and data. You can't add or delete information on a DVD-ROM. | 4.7 GB | Highly compatible with most computers and devices. | DVD-R | You can burn files to a DVD-R more than once (each time is referred to as a session), but you can't delete files from the disc. Each burn is permanent. | 4.7 GB | You must close the session to read this disc in a different computer. Highly compatible with most computers and devices. | DVD+R | You can burn files to a DVD+R more than once (each time is referred to as a session), but you can't delete files from the disc. Each...
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...Case Study: Place Your Bets: Netflix Versus the Field in DVD Rentals Answer to the Application Question no.1 : Netflix Core Competency: Providing monthly subscription facilities. Providing a choice to make an order list. Not charging any late fees and customers can keep the products as long as they need. Providing the products to the customers’s hand as early as possible to make sure of cost. effectiveness and time efficiency. Providing “Watch instantly” feature to its eligible customers. Netflix strategic Asset: Is highly experienced business since it launched 1997. Has a collection of 100 000 DVDs. Has a features of personalized video recommendation system based on ratings and reviews. Introduced Set-Top box with the help of Roku Inc. Plan to sell LG brand DVD players for downloading and watching movies on TV through Netflix. Has a brand name and a popular business model that was followed by Walmart and Blockbuster. Some Strategies of Netflix’s business model that hard to imitate: Netflix follows “Cost Leadership Strategy” as it has not charged any addition cost of watching movies instantly for their subscribes. Netflix is also using “Differentiation Strategy” as it has introduced Set Top box and DVD players. Netflix has built a partnership network to Roku Inc. and LG. Those things are really hard to imitate by the competitors of Netflix. Answer to the Application Question no: 2 Some advisable things that...
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...is a next generation optical disc format. Blu-ray disc is an optical disc storage media designed to supersede the standard DVD format. Its main uses are storing high-defination, other data with upto 25GB per single layered and 50 GB per dual layer disc. The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-defination video(HD),and storing amount of data because the disc utilizes the global standard "MPEG-Z Transport stream"compression technology highly compatible with Digital Broadcasting for a wide range of content recorded. This technology platform that can store sound maintaining high quality and also access the store content in an easy-to-use way. 1. Introduction: Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the standard DVD format. The name Blu-ray Disc refers to the Blue Laser used to read the disc. Blu-ray is a next-generation optical disc format. The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video, as well as storing large amounts of data. The discs have the same physical dimensions as standard DVDs and CDs.A standard DVD uses a 650-nanometer red laser, Blu-ray Disc uses a 405-nm laser. This shorter wavelength allows for over five times more data storage on single-layer and over 10 times on double-layer Blu-ray Disc than a standard DVD. Developed by the "Blu-ray Disc Founders" group, these companies include Hitachi, LG, Matsushita, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung...
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...Introduction: Netflix is an online subscription based DVD rental service, founded in 1997 by Marc Randolph and Reed Hasting. Has more than 90,000 DVD titles, 6.7 m subscribers. Have a Growing library of more than 5,000 choices that can be watched instantly on their PCs and have They have over 55 million discs and ship 1.6 million a day, on average. Business Model and Strategy: They are first movers in the field of online rental and are the blue chip company in this field, also they concentrated on DVD as compared to VHS system of the time. They positioned themselves as a online company different from a brick and mortar one. It offers prepaid subscriptions as the customer only need to pay monthly fees for unlimited rentals. It doesn’t charge late fees so customers don’t have to worry about keeping the DVDs more than the due time, the new pricing system actually covers NetFlix weakness of slower delivery time than its competitors. Netflix also made it very easy for customers to unsubscribe, thus not forcing dissatisfied customers to stay. Netflix web portal which allowed its customers to search for DVDs through titles, actors, directors and genre and helping them build a queue of DVD to be sent to their home.It also had a proprietary recommendation system that was very effective in recommendations, due to exploiting the knowledge of the choices made by the masses in its web portal as well as having the largest collection of movie ratings. Customers are recommended to movies...
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...news and shows across the United States. Record music and movies in VHS format were also introduced to American homes. With the introduction of the digital format our telecommunications received a tremendous boost, and some of the early media outlets were replaced by more efficient ways of communication. This paper will describe some of the factors behind the recent loss of audience and sales in such media outlets as record music, movies, network TV, DVDs and video games. The introduction of the digital format changed the way we watch TV; high definition made possible to see a picture like never before, like if we were looking through a window. Digitalization allowed for a much better sound and picture quality in CDs and DVDs, which replaced the vinyl disc and the VHS tape. These media, however, continued to evolution so much so that in recent years media outlets such as newspapers, movies, network TV, DVDs and video games became obsolete. Digital is the key factor. Media outlets such as newspapers, movies, DVDs and video games are more tangible and cost more money to produce. These tangible versions of media are temporary, while digital is a permanent, more efficient way of getting and sharing the message. Media outlets such as newspapers and magazines are printed versions and cost more money to produce. They require tons of paper which is disposable and ends up in the trash, polluting the environment, and cannot be...
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...company strategy and business model has generated a great amount of success with their huge selection of movies, fast delivery, and excessive marketing campaign. Nevertheless, there are some issues underlying their current success that need to be dealt with for future forecasting. Current Issues/Problems Netflix has seemed to master the DVD rental segment of the movie industry. With their extensive selection based product, fast delivery, and wide subscription plan, there is no limit to their success. However, some questions arise with the subject of product differentiation. What happens when technology advances over time and the product changes? If Netflix concentrates too much on their product focus and ignores the future, then a substitute product will take over only in a matter of time. In our current business environment, product improvements are essential and changing rapidly. If Netflix does not plan out the obsolescence of DVD’s then there is no future. The recent introduction of Blu-ray technology has offered a huge advancement in the production of DVDs. Blu-Ray discs offer more than five times the storage capacity than traditional DVDs, and gives the viewer a full HD experience. By 2008, Blu-Ray Disc sales already increased during the holiday season. A survey that was conducted by DEG (Digital Entertainment Group) proved that consumer interest in new technology was increasing quickly. Their...
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...two quite identical firms, operating in the movie rental industry. Therefore, it could be inferred that their business models have many similarities, yet, that is not the case. Their core differences are most obvious on their respective levels of value propositions, resources, and the profit formulas that each company has adopted. Firstly, Netflix’s initial idea behind their business model was to become providers of a better home movie service, which become feasible, in 1997, with the introduction of DVD technology. On the other hand, Blockbusters, a well-established company since 1980s, continued to follow the traditional retailing outlet style. A basic difference is the resources of their business models. In 1998, a year after its founding, Netflix boldly adopted a very innovative attitude by launching a website while simultaneously operating online. Thus, Netflix targeted the revolution of new age technology adopters (purchasers of DVD players), while Blockbuster’s main target group was wider, focusing on anyone who decided to watch a movie, especially last minute. The two companies’ profit formulas are different, with Blockbuster’s following the common charging system (a fixed price for every movie rental and additional charges for delayed returns), whereas Netflix, in its early uprise and foundation of its business model, implemented a subscription based pricing model (fixed price for a monthly service). In my opinion, this was a milestone...
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...Video 1.06 • Hard Drives • Hard Drive Interface • P ATA (Parallel ATA) • Serial ATA • Floppy Drives • Power Supply Connections • CDs • DVDs • SCSI Devices • IEEE1394 • Solid State Removable • Tape Drives Video 1.06 Definitions Hard Drives-device used for storing and retrieving digital information; hard drive size limit to 157GB Hard drive interfaces- refers hard drives, CD drives, DVD drives and tape drives P ATA- is an interface standard for the connection of storage devices; cable has two connectors, master and slaves Serial ATA-interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage device; smaller and faster and more expensive Floppy Drives- older technology replaced by flash drives and CD drives Power Supply Connections- connect drives, CDs and DVDs CDs- art read by laser, some are read only, recordable and rewriteable DVDs- shorter wavelength laser that increases capacity SCSI Devices-set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices; three standards: regular, fast and ultra IEEE 1394- standard for high-speed communications and isochronous real-time data transfer; firewall and i.LINK Solid State Removable- compact flash used in PC card slot Tape Drives-must read from beginning to end Video 1.08 • SRAM vs DRAM • DRAM • Dual Channeling • RIMM • Memory...
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...with transistors and capacitors. SRAM s more complex circuitry is more expensive but provides faster access times. Neither type of RAM can match current microprocessor clock rates. NVM is usually relegated to specialized roles and secondary storage because of its slower write speeds and limited number of rewrites. Optical discs store data bits as variations in light reflection. An optical disc drive reads data bits by shining a laser beam onto a small disc location. High and low reflections of the laser are interpreted as 1s and 0s. The cost per bit of optical storage is less than magnetic storage, at the expense of slower access speed. Types of optical discs (and drives) include different forms of CDs and DVDs. CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, and BD are written during manufacture. CD-R,DVD /-R, and BD-R are manufactured blank and can be written to once. CD-RW and...
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...I think our two main competitors for this project are circuit city and tweeter, what i did this morning was to research the prices they are charging for electronic options on cars. If anyones interested in the websites they are circuitcity.com and tweeter.com Keep in mind that for almost all these products Tweeter offered free shipping, on certain items, like Cd players, circuit city was offering free installation Cd Players and Changers Tweeter - Lowest Cd Player - $79 Highest Cd Player - $600 Circuit City - Lowest CD Player - $59 Highest CD Player - $699 I found they both were selling the same player, the pioneer DEH 1900MP,the details on this player can be found at http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Pioneer-In-Dash-Player-DEH-1900MP/sem/rpsm/oid/170131/rpem/ccd/p roductDetail.do Tweeter Price - $99.99 Circuit City Price - $99.99 Remote Starters Tweeter - Lowest Remote Starter - $49.99 Highest Remote Starter - $229.99 Circuit City - Lowest Remote Starter - $59.99 Highest Remote Starter - $549.00 couldn't find a matching item for this one GPS Systems Tweeter - Lowest GPS System - $249.99 Highest GPS System - $1,799.99 Circuit City - Lowest GPS System - $79.95 Highest GPS System - $1,699.99 They are both carrying the TomTom OneB GPS system, again if u want more information on this GPS...
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...Product: DVD PALYER CUSTOMER STATEMENT | NAME OF CUSTOMER | NEED STATEMENT | 1. My DVD player can’t play movies that have different file types. | Ailene Panisales | The DVD player functions well. | 2. It occupies more space in our cabinet. | Patricia Bernardino | It is compact in storage. | 3. The DVD player is not portable. | Jona de Villa | The DVD player is portable. | 4. It has a USB port. | Chanber Salcedo | The DVD player is equipped with USB port. | 5. The DVD player has a poor visual capacity. | Juris Gonzales | The visual function of the DVD player performs well. | 6. My DVD player is light weight. | Robert Du | The DVD player is easy to carry. | 7. It has the latest specs. | Remiel Gotengco | The DVD player is latest. | 8. You can play music in my DVD player. | Rhia Gatdula | The DVD player is also a music player. | 9. My DVD player is portable and easy to carry anywhere. | Jaimee Mateo | The DVD player is portable and light weight. | 10. The screen of my DVD player is soft touched. | Janine Calderon | The screen DVD player is soft- touched. | 11. It is scratch free. | Dexter Dinulos | The DVD player is scratch free. | 12. The buttons in my DVD player doesn’t function very well. | Ace Arnisto | The buttons in the DVD player functions well. | 13. It can be stored in a small bag. | Nap Gamban | The DVD player is compact. | 14. My DVD player can read different file types of movies. | Jojo Palisoc | The DVD player accepts...
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...Package ............................................................................................................ 3 What do I do with My Installation Package? ....................................................................................... 4 Preparing Physical Media from a Bootable Installation Image ..................................................................... 5 Requirements ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Creating Bootable DVD Media ............................................................................................................ 5 Launching the Burning Software .............................................................................................. 6 Selecting the Image to Burn ..................................................................................................... 6 Burning the DVD...
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...2000 and 2003. Up to 2003, market advances were due to rising penetration of DVD hardware, however, as penetration reaches over 80% of households in 2005, and late hardware adopters purchase less software than early adopters, the market is maturing. Price declines are also contributing to slowed growth presently, but over the long term may be the key to driving demand and growth. DVD sell-through carries majority of the market In 2004 the sell-through category accounted for 63% of the market; DVD sales were 52% of the overall market, while VHS sales were 11%. The rental category makes up the remaining 37% of the entire market, with DVD accounting for 26% and VHS nearly 11%. These figures reflect the shift in the market away from VHS and rentals, and towards DVD and sell-through. As evidence of the strength of DVD, most mass merchandisers have discontinued sales of VHS. Increases in hardware penetration drove sales Hardware ownership remains the primary driver for sales and rentals of video software. VCR penetration has remained static at over 90% of households, while DVD player ownership (market-entry hardware now retails for as little as $40) quadrupled to 39% penetration from 2000-02 and nearly doubled to 72% in 2004. Home theater audio hardware penetration nearly doubled between 2001 and 2004, further encouraging home video viewing. Demographic and economic factors positive for market As DVD technology tends to be the domain of younger consumers, the fact that those...
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