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Title: The Digital Bits Insider's Guide to DVD by Bill Hunt, Todd Doogan ISBN: 0-07-141852-0 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Pub. Date: 26 September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.26 (39 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not Up to Expectation.
Comment: I would have to agree with the review done by the reader from Maitland, FL United States. My main intention to get this book is to learn more on the "Technical Information" such as in-depth explanation on Progressive Scan, Vertical/Horizontal Resolution, PAL vs. NTSC, etc. Unfortunately, it lacks such useful details.
Instead of discussing & explaining more on the DVD technology, features & benefits, a huge DVD movie lists are reviewed instead. Furthermore, the comprehensive review of the 9-Disc Alien Quadrilogy is included which it's way too long & unnecessary.
The only interesting areas are in Part 1 (Understanding DVD), Part 2 (Building a Home Theater) & Part 5 (The Future of DVD). The section on Aspect Ratio, Widescreen vs Full Frame, various sound formats, etc which are informative for newbies. Also, the part that explains the latest technology, such as DVD recorders and the new SACD and DVD-Audio high-resolution music formats is very revealing.
In conclusion, this book is concise & suitable for all DVD newbies (no, it's not boring at all!) but for the rest of us, our thirst for additional technical aspects isn't satisfied. Well, it's certainly worth adding this book into your current DVD book collection (just like your DVD movies) or simply to show off that you own the latest DVD book available in the market!
Rating: 5
Summary: A few words from Home Theater Forum
Comment: What if someone took all the essential
information that every person should know about
DVD and Home Theater and put it into book form?
Well, this is exactly what Bill Hunt and Todd Doogan
have accomplished with their newly authored book,
The Digital Bits: Insider's Guide To DVD.
This is the very first publication of its kind to
explore the DVD format from history to future. You'll
not only learn how DVD discs are manufactured and
compressed, but learn about about the authoring process
in creating some of the great menu designs we have
come to appreciate over the years.
One of the greatest benefits of this book for
DVD "newbies" is the fact that it clearly explains
aspect ratios. Through the use of many comparison
film stills, a reader can not only see how a
1.85:1 ratio compares to 2.35:1, but how Full Frame
greatly compromises the widescreen scale. If there
is one thing I hope this book accomplishes is to
educate people as to why widescreen is so important
in preserving the filmmaker's intended vision.
For anyone just getting into Home Theater, this
book provides valuable information on how best to
begin building a theater based on a particular budget.
The authors are very careful in making certain that
readers wisely spend their budget, finding the right
compromise between features and price. Those of you
on a limited budget can actually do better than buying
a "home theater in a box," and you'll find some
invaluable advice on how you can better spend your money.
While the book does spend a good deal of its first 84
pages on material already familiar to most of you, Bill
and Todd have included eye-opening material that will
keep readers glued to their seats.
This book contains comprehensive reviews of the
Top 100 DVDs of all time. I particularly
find these reviews to be valuable as there are so
many great films crossing all genres that I have
yet to become aware of. The book examines the
very BEST of both Film and TV on DVD, with reviews
that contain background history on its subject
matter as well as giving us detailed information
on its transfer and included supplements.
As many of you are aware, Fox Home Video is
about to release The Alien Quadrilogy to
DVD. The Digital Bits had the opportunity
to go behind-the-scenes in the production of
this amazing 9-disc DVD that contains never-before-
seen versions of these films as well as all-new
supplemental materials.
At just over 400 pages, The Digital Bits:
Insider's Guide To DVD is a very easy read.
You can pretty much flip through the pages and
find something that will catch your eye. Newbies
to the DVD/Home Theater experience will spend
more time scouring through the first 84 pages of
the book. These pages provide a thorough look
at everything anyone needs to know about DVD and
building a Home Theater. Established enthusiasts
will fully enjoy the in-depth look at the creation
of this year's anticipated release of Twentieth
Century Fox's nine-disc Alien Quadrilogy.
The fact that this book contains comprehensive
reviews of the Top 100 DVDs of all time
is reason enough to keep a copy next to your
favorite sitting chair. It certainly takes the
guesswork out of "What are we watching tonight?!"
Rating: 2
Summary: Disapointing Book
Comment: Very little on DVD technology here unless you are reading about it for the first time in your life (read the DVD FAQ online and you will learn much more about DVD). The reviews on the DVDs are pretty good, but anyone who rates "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" as one of the top DVD movies of all time loses a lot of credibility in my mind. It should have been listed under the "Great DVD, Terrible Movie" section of the book, but c'est la vie. Most of the DVD's they rate are on the money IMO.
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Title:Alien Quadrilogy ASIN: B0000VCZK2 Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Home Video Pub. Date: 02 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $99.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $81.98 |
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Title: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About DVD by Jim Taylor ISBN: 007142038X Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Pub. Date: 15 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title:Digital Video Essentials ASIN: B00005PJ70 Publisher: Dvd International Pub. Date: 09 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $18.74 |
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Title:Walt Disney Treasures - On the Front Lines ASIN: B0000BWVAH Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video Pub. Date: 18 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $32.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $24.74 |
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Title:The Final Countdown (2-Disc Limited Special Edition) ASIN: B00019GHQ6 Publisher: Blue Underground Pub. Date: 30 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $22.46 |
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