Why “DVD” is being discussed
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A few years ago I hurt one of my shoulders pretty badly, so I could barely move and had to sleep in a sitting / reclined position for almost a week. No keyboards, no comput…
by iagooar · Oct 8, 2026
Yeah, early on in the DVD era having deleted scenes and commentary tracks was totally new and a big deal for a lot of us. In the peak of the DVD era my SO and I were both big mo…
by jasonwatkinspdx · Oct 8, 2026
On the original 2001 DVD there was a great speech by Author C. Clarke. Unfortunately, the DVD was letterboxed, so I later replaced it with a widescreen DVD and then a 4k disk. N…
by gwbas1c · Oct 8, 2026
Kodi does support playing DVD backups (.iso or VIDEO_TS) with menus and everything.
by s4i · Oct 8, 2026
Yeah, same. It was quite punishing to mix a bad DVD UI with a bad DVD player/remote!
by joemi · Oct 8, 2026
The feeling I get with DVD menus is that I sometimes feel like watching some classic movie, and so I put on the DVD. But then the DVD menu already shows all the classic scenes a…
by teddyh · Oct 8, 2026
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DVD is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kind of digital data and has been widely used to store video programs, software and other computer files. DVDs offer significantly higher storage capacity than compact discs (CD) while having the same dimensions. A standard single-layer DVD can store up to 4.7 GB of data, a dual-layer DVD up to 8.5 GB. Dual-layer, double-sided DVDs can store up to a maximum of 17.08 GB. Read more on Wikipedia