Additional DVD Features:

Subtitles: This feature gives you the option to have words show up at the
bottom of the screen corresponding with what people are saying or doing during
a video or audio sequence. You are often presented with a range of languages
which can be helpful if you are watching a foreign film. This is also mainly used
to people that are deaf, so that they can watch the video and understand word
for word what is going on in the video. Subtitles are used from either a transcript
or screenplay of the dialog or commentary in films, television programs, video
games, and the like, usually displayed at the bottom of the screen, but can also
be at the top of the screen if there is already text at the bottom of the screen.

Different Languages: By having different languages, this allows you to view

the data in different languages. As you can see below, you can also select the
language of the subtitles and audio depending on what is required for you.
Different language is a good feature for people that love films but cannot speak
the lingo, for example if you were to watch a Chinese film, speaking Chinese in
the film then, having English subtitles would be perfect, meaning you can watch
the film of your choice and being able to understand it this works both ways, for
example, the picture I have chosen is an English film with Spanish subtitles,
meaning people that speak Spanish can watch the English film and understand
it.

Text Based Material: Text based material is a big subject but it covers anything
which is primarily text. For example, a few paragraphs containing production
notes or information about the film. Below is an example of text-based material
in a film. In this one a section that you can get to from the menu screen is
dedicated to production notes about the film.

Easter Eggs: These are hidden features which have been added in by
somebody working on the DVD or media. They are often there as a novelty for
people to find and share with people they know. An Easter egg is an intentional
inside joke, hidden message, or feature in an interactive work such as a
computer program, video game or DVD menu screen. Easter eggs are found on
film DVDs and Blu-rays, often as deleted scenes or bonus special features.

Animations: Animation is the process of making the illusion of motion and

change, usually 24, 25, 30, or 60 frames per second. Most DVD films have been
animated, a perfect example of this would be Disneys The Incredible the film Is
full of action and animation. Now that 3D and 4D have been created, Animations
are being produced very advanced. Animation can be recorded with either
analogue media, such as a flip book, motion picture film, video tape, or on digital
media, including formats such as animated GIF, Flash animation or digital video.
To display animation, a digital camera,
computer, or projector are used along with
new technologies that are produced.

DTS: The first commercial use of digital sound on a large scale debuted with the
release of "Jurassic Park." It is called DTS, an acronym for Digital Theatre
Systems, the name of the company that patented the process. DTS is an updated
version of the classic sound-on-disc technology used in the early days of cinema.
DTS employs a special optical time code that is part of the film. The time code is
a series of dots and dashes along the side of each frame between the image and
the analogy optical sound tracks. In 1995 DTS was known as Digital Experience
several years later, it became Digital Theatre Systems.

Dolby: Dolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed
by Dolby Laboratories. Dolby Digital is the name for audio compression
technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally named Dolby
Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby True HD, the audio compression is
lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from
35mm film prints.

Printable Disks: Inkjet Printable DVD-R discs are the discs that have a special
coating that is applied on the non-recording surface, allowing consumers to print
onto them directly. Usually this process is done by using a special DVD printer.
The printable disks were created around the 2000s. it is more affordable to buy
printable inkjet media than to buy both media and labels. The printer itself will
come at a big cost but generally printable disks are cheap.

Regional Codes: DVD region codes are a digital rights management technique
designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including
content, release date, price, according to the region. DVD region codes are
numbered one to eight with the first six being specific geographical regions and
seven and eight being reserved for special play areas.

Copyright Protection: Copyright is a property right that subsists in a number of

works. It is not necessary to register copyright it arises automatically. The
copyright work must be in a material form, however, in order to be protected copyright is not a right in ideas, it protects the expression of an idea. The
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 gives authors certain economic and
moral rights in their works. The copyright was introduced to make sure people
are rewarded for their hard work and to give protection if their personal work is
stolen. Before this law act, there was no protection over any stolen work, even if
you did claim it as your own. This law still continues and is be used on necessary
cases. It protects ICT work so that it isnt easy to steal and therefore you can
claim it as your own. This Copyright act applies to copying software, such asMP3 songs, Videos, Images and Text. Copyright is an automatic right and arises
whenever an individual or company creates a work. To claim company, your work
should be regarded as original, and exhibit a degree of labour, skill or judgement.

Parental Controls: Lots of big companies have different systems on how they
control parental controls. The main one is BBFC. BBFC is a big worldwide
company, their aim of BBFC is to make sure that the content on videos and
music is appropriate for that age categories. There are 5 categories that the
BBFC separates age group into didnt age group, to what they think is suitable
and what isnt. These are: U, PG, 12, 15 and 18.
Big companies like YouTube and work alongside BBFC to make sure that child
protection online is not breached. BBFC are making permanent a pilot scheme to
age rate all music videos by artists signed to Sony Music UK, Universal Music UK
and Warner Music UK that are unsuitable for Children covering the age of U and
PG. As there are ratings, there is no excuses of not seeing the ratings, as these
are plastered everywhere on videos and even music. Putting parental locks will
stop children watching something they shouldnt.