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 as- MP3 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.