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Home users will enjoy the superb video and audio of the movies now being released on
DVD-Video discs. And as more educational and entertainment titles become available on DVD
discs, you and your children will be able to view more exciting multimedia adventures than
ever before.
About DVD technology
Whether you need the benefits of high-capacity DVD-ROM storage or want to enjoy your
favorite DVD movies wherever you are, the Macintosh PowerBook DVD-Video Kit brings
you the best of the exciting new DVD technology.
DVD (which stands for “digital video disc” or “digital versatile disc”) technology offers a
dramatic increase in storage capacity over CD technology. In fact, a single DVD disc can
hold the same amount of data that would fill as many as 25 CD-ROMs.
DVD-Video is the exciting offspring of the laserdisc format long favored by movie buffs,
educators, and multimedia professionals. It makes it possible to put outstanding video
and audio on discs the size of standard CD-ROMs. DVD-Video discs feature state-of-the-art
MPEG-2–encoded video and Dolby Digital audio.
A DVD-Video disc not only can play back movies as a VCR does, but can also provide advanced
features such as subtitles, captions, audio tracks in different languages, a director’s narration,
multiple viewing angles, and scene preview functions. And different locations on a DVD movie
disc can be accessed immediately, unlike with videotape.
Some DVD-Video discs even contain versions of the movie in both pan-and-scan (full screen)
and letterbox (original theatrical aspect ratio) viewing formats. Some have a director’s cut
version with footage not contained in the original theatrical release. On discs that support
MPAA rating codes, parents and teachers can limit access to films at or below a certain rating.
Apple DVD Player software
Apple DVD Player software, based on Apple’s award-winning QuickTime 3 technology, gives
you easy access to basic functions like start, stop, and play, in addition to advanced features
such as progressive slow motion, step frame, language preferences, subtitles, and multiple-
angle viewing. You can access these features via an intuitive, orb-shaped on-screen controller,
menu commands, or keyboard shortcuts.
The Apple DVD Player also allows you to pick up right where you have left off in a movie if you
need to take a break. Simply put your PowerBook into sleep mode or select Stop and then Quit
from the DVD Player menu. You can even shut your system down. When you start the DVD
Player later, just select Play and you’re right back at the scene where you left off.
Specification Sheet
Macintosh PowerBook DVD-Video Kit