Door lock problem on my DVD player

Hi All, Scientific Linux 6.2, 64 bit My DVD placer (Sony Optiarc DVDRW AD-7260S-0B) has a weird problem. If I press the eject button on the door, it rattles and clunks, shakes a bit too, but the door does not open. It does open fine in BIOS. If ...

Message posted on the August 4th, 2012 - 9:39 PM ET

Free AVS DVD Player test

Even though most commercially sold PC’s are equipped with a DVD player, not all of them have the adequate software. Even if they do, usually they will come with either Power DVD or WinDVD, which often only have “limited” functionality and will ...

Review published on the October 1st, 2007 - 4:45 AM ET

Test: Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player

The cheapest HD-DVD player on the market is finally here and our first impressions are good. The image quality offered by this new technology is impressive and won’t leave you indifferent. The only thing to see now is whether it is worth buying, ...

Review published on the December 28th, 2006 - 6:00 PM ET

Windows 8: no DVD player, Media Centre to be in a purchased pack

By default, the Windows 8 operating system won’t play DVD’s. Offered in a pack to be purchased, Windows Media Centre will be capable of playing them.

News published on the May 4th, 2012 - 4:35 PM ET

Consumer Electronics Multinationals Lower Patent Royalty Rates for DVD and CD Technologies

Beginning July 1, 2012, One-Red LLC (“One-Red”) will become the authorized entity to administer a new joint DVD Disc and DVD Player license program on behalf of its licensors, which include Koninklijke Philips ...

Press published on the July 2nd, 2012 - 7:00 AM ET

Comparison of DVD players: Samsung vs Panasonic

The comparison that we will be performing today is between two digital DVD recorders which both come equipped with a 160 GB hard drive and a DVD drive for recording. It goes without saying that the Panasonic DMR-EX77EC1S and Samsung DVD-HR753 are ...

Review published on the January 17th, 2008 - 6:44 PM ET

Research and Markets: DVD & HD-DVD/ Blu-ray Worldwide Shipment History and Forecasts (2001-2011) Includes an Executive Summary That Gives a Brief Overview of This Exciting Market

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/af508a/dvd_hddvd_blu) has announced the addition of the "DVD & HD-DVD/ Blu-ray Worldwide Shipment History and Forecasts (2001-2011)" report to their ...

Press published on the September 12th, 2011 - 11:48 AM ET

Activate the DVD video parental control option

This tip will allow you to, under the Windows Media Player, to activate the parental control for DVD videos.

Tips & Tricks published on the June 25th, 2007 - 10:28 AM ET

A bit O.T.: DVD Styler and DVD player

Every now and then, I make a DVD with movies and/or pictures, suing Kino or Kdenlive. The final DVD authoring is done in DVD Styler. Since a few months I'm running MDV 2010.1 , but I never took notice whether the version of DVD Styler changed versus ...

Message posted on the December 29th, 2010 - 5:23 AM ET

Playing .avi in DVD player on TV

Hi Guys, What format does an .avi movie burnt onto DVD (Lubuntu 11.10) have to be to play on home tv through a DVD player? Having trouble getting the DVD player to recognise this format. If the file has to be converted, what is the best software ...

Message posted on the November 20th, 2011 - 1:33 AM ET

DVD Player problem

Hi all I got an annoying problem in with my dvd player.. :( My DVD player doesn't want to read CD's, it's yes loading DVD's but not CD's, I do not had this problem at the begin. When I put an CD it doesn't read, if I want to open it, nothing ...

Message posted on the July 6th, 2009 - 8:29 AM ET

How to convert an avi file to a DVD file recognizable by a DVD player

I have a set of avi files (eleven independent episodes) that I can play with Windows Media Player, for example, by manually selecting using Windows Explorer. Now I want to play them on TV screen via a DVD player by selecting an item on screen. ...

Message posted on the February 12th, 2009 - 7:43 AM ET

DVD player starts then vanishes after replacing system board

I have a 1905-S301 Satellite. Recently I had to replace the system board. When I get the new system board and get everything going again I noticed the DVD player will start to play but then vanishes. I have tried everything, downloaded everything ...

Message posted on the April 28th, 2010 - 1:06 AM ET

Cannot view pictures via my DVD player

I have pictures on a DVD-R disk but I cannot play it on my DVD player. Is there a specific way to copy pictures on DVD disk so that we can view them on DVD players? I am guessing that who ever made the DVD did not use the "Picture Task " ...

Message posted on the October 20th, 2009 - 2:58 PM ET