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Doh who doesn't? Digital Video Disc.
Is that your final answer?!?
The thought of seeing a smurf naked makes me feel sick.I came 5th at Britroc 2004 and got a towel which isnt even big enough to stay up when tied round my waist. Say I was wearing that at a dance event..... it would FALL DOWN. Is THAT the sort of thing you want to see at a dance event? I know I dont?!?!Just keep ya nappy on it'll do fine.
me: that was 'strange'
tony: uh-huh but we like to try new ideas
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Doh who doesn't? Digital Video Disc.Bet you dont even know what DVD stands for anyway
Doh who doesn't? Digital Video Disc.
Is that your final answer?!?
Nope. Some say versatile some assume it's video. Whatever!
Is that your final answer?!?
So Digital Votever Disc it is then. laughing.gifNope. Some say versatile some assume it's video. Whatever!
Can I assume from this that you got it wrong and after CJ's comment looked it up to get the right answer ? It is indeed Digital Versatile Disc - not 'some say it is' it ISNope. Some say versatile some assume it's video. Whatever!A lot of people dont know that though
It's "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc"... Or just simply "DVD" – like many other acronyms in the ICT world, the folks who "own" the name now claim it doesn't stand for anything.
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
Wikipedia is wrong this time. DVD was a technology produced by Pioneer and other companies at the beginning of the 1990s.... to quote Pioneer ...
Wikipedia also only lists the "versatile" definition as a link to the DVD article under its optical disc section which belies the wording of the actual DVD article.Pioneer Corporation is a global leader in electronics and audio/video products for the home, car, commerce and industry, particularly in the two core multimedia technologies - Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) and plasma display panels (PDP)
And as someone who was interested in the technology at the time it was first released I know there was initially no such "video" definition and I have still yet to see one on any hardware or on any actual discs.
The clincher is the DVD Forum - the official DVD site - which wikipedia says "never reached a consensus on the matter", it has THIS on its fact page here.
hmmWhat does DVD mean?
The keyword is "versatile." Digital Versatile discs provide superb video, audio and data storage and access -- all on one disc
Common sense says that "digital video disc" came before "digital versatile disc", otherwise they'd have called it "VDD" – versatile digital disc, or something like that...
I'd guess that "DVD" meaning "digital video disc" was used during the design by the engineers, and then the marketing folks reinvented the name.
If as Wikipedia says, the DVD Forum web page is managed by Toshiba rather than by the Forum, then you can't take for gospel everything they say as being the opinion of the DVD Forum.
Also, see here and here.
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
Can you imagine the porn industry releasing films on VDD?
Commen Sense says? so if I had some then i would have thought of that myself...thanks
And you were happy to quote wikipedia on "the official DVD Forum site" as if the DVD forum was the place that would know the facts and now just as happy to claim we "can't take for gospel everything they say" when their own FAQ doesnt even hint at the possibility of the definition you're pushing.
Last edited by Dreadful Scathe; 9th-April-2006 at 06:25 PM.
Do you have a response to what is written in the DVD FAQ?
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
Yes this unofficial DVD resource says "Digital video disc (the original meaning proposed by some of DVD's creators)" which seems a bit of a contradiction - if only some proposed this then how can it be the original meaning? Maybe some people proposed "Dynamite Virile Donkey" but it doesnt say
That faq also says "DVD-Video (often simply called DVD) defines how video programs such as movies are stored on disc" why would you call it "DVD-Video" if its not "versatile"?... "Digital Video Disc Video" that makes no sense.
Remember, it doesnt make any sense!!
Last edited by Dreadful Scathe; 10th-April-2006 at 09:45 AM.
I'd agree that "Digital Versatile Disc" is the current commonly understood meaning of "DVD", but as the author says, agreeing with both me and Wikipedia, the "original" meaning was "Digital Video Disc", and it officially now is just "DVD" – without the letters standing for anything.
Despite this FAQ being "unofficial", I'm more inclined to believe it and Wikipedia than you, or even the DVD Forum web site.
Especially after reading this mini-bio of the author:
The DVD FAQ is written by Jim Taylor, the author of DVD Demystified and Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About DVD. Jim has been in the DVD business since before there was a DVD business. He found out about the upcoming DVD format in 1995 and began writing articles to let others know about this amazing new technology. Jim received the 2000 DVD Pro Discus Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Industry, was named one of the 21 most influential DVD executives by DVD Report, was an inaugural inductee into the 2002 Digital Media Hall of Fame, and was named one of the Pioneers of DVD in the October 2003 issue of One to One magazine. Jim has worked with interactive media for over 20 years, developing educational software, laserdiscs, CD-ROMs, Web sites, and DVDs, along with teaching workshops, seminars, and university courses. He writes articles and columns about DVD for publications such as Widescreen Review, serves as President of the DVD Association, and sits on advisory boards of leading-edge companies in the DVD industry. Jim was formerly DVD Evangelist at Microsoft, and is currently Chief of DVD Technology and General Manager of the Advanced Technology Group at Sonic Solutions, the leading developer of DVD authoring systems.
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
I agree with Ducasi though and I have also heard that it was originally called "Digital Video Disc" and later changed it to Versatile. That's two against one then hey DF? Or make that 3. Wikipedia being the 3rd.
of some!! and I've never heard of it and I've got a collection of cuddly smurfs.
He hardly has any credibility at all anymore...Jim was formerly DVD Evangelist at Microsoft...and Wikipedia never had any in the first place.
It makes no sense that an optical disc format which had a lot of ..er..versatile uses and was later used primarily for video would be called VIDEO first and VERSATILE later. It makes no sense. Sense? None!
Just how much further is this conversation on the letters DVD going to go?
How much longer will it take you to admit you were wrong?Just how much further is this conversation on the letters DVD going to go?
Less said about Ducasis Verbal Diarrhea the betterJust how much further is this conversation on the letters DVD going to go?
Ok, Ok I was wwrrrr wwrrr...Right!!!How much longer will it take you to admit you were wrong?and wrong!
Less said about Ducasis Verbal Diarrhea the better
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