The long-awaited  compendium of all things Blu-ray is finally out! Written by our Chairman Jim Taylor, and the equally-knowledgable Michael Zink, Charles Crawford, and Christen Armbrust, this is the newest must-have volume!  You can buy this and other great DVD books on our DVDA Bookshelf  - we have many available there.  (A purchase from our DVDA bookshelf helps defray our hosting costs, as our site is an Amazon affiliate). 

Congratulations to all the talented authors for their hard work on this book!

UK Members and friends can connect to Amazon.co.uk using this link 
then search Books for ASIN 0071590927.
Note - U.K. release date listed as 30 December 2008

EU Members & friends can connect to Amazon.de using this link  
then search Books for ASIN 0071590927.
Note - DE release date listed as 1 December 2008

Interested in Blu-ray? Just getting started? Confused?

The DVDA invites you to sign our Blu-ray Petition 

and participate in our our Blu-ray interest survey

The DVDA Excellence Awards recognize excellence in
content creation by Content Owners and Developers.
The 2009 Awards will feature new categories and new awards,
currently being finalized. Stay tuned for the announcement!

Arts Public Relations Specialist – NYC

Use French language, art-related PR experience & knowledge of art history to:

• review French language art/tourism media products;
• liaise w/vendors in France;
• suggest purchases;
• prep mktg materials/press releases to garner publicity.
• Use database to identify markets, specialty/museum shops for sales.

Req'd Bachelors degree in Art or Equiv + 1 yr Art related PR experience, or will accept 3 yrs Art related PR exp.

Mail Resume to: Organa LLC 80 E 11th St, NY, NY 10003 or email: careers@organa.com

New membership benefits for DVDA members:

DVDA is pleased to announce two new membership benefits that help DVDA members save money:  

DVDA Member's Equipment Leasing Program

Las Vegas, NV - The DVDA is pleased to announce that a new DVDA members-only equipment financing program has been arranged through Independent Leasing Associates (ILA) of Atlanta, GA.


“It really pays to be a DVDA member!" says DVDA President Bruce Nazarian. "The ILA financing program arranged for DVDA members offers an alternative that is not only competitive, but immediately cost-effective: it rebates 2% of the equipment cost directly to our members, up to a maximum rebate of $1,000.”  Members may check rates and apply online easily.

Members, Log In then visit the Member's Benefits pages for full details. 

DVDA Member Discount on Training DVDs from Class On Demand

Las Vegas, NV - The DVDA is pleased to announce that a new DVDA members-only benefit has been arranged for training DVDs published by Class on Demand. Their entire catalog of award-winning Class on Demand DVD training is now available to DVDA members at a discount, until 2/28/2009.

Members, Log In then visit the Member's Benefits pages for full details.

Simple BDMV on DVD authoring method demonstrated, discussed

A complete Mac-based end-to end workflow that allows for the creation of simple BD titles for BD-R, and short BDMV titles to be distributed on burned red-laser DVD media was demonstrated Weds, July 23rd, 2008 at the LAFCPUG meeting at Barnsdall Art Park in Hollywood, and discussed on the Digital Production Buzz live broadcast Thursday, July 24 .

DVDA President Bruce Nazarian demonstrated the titles, and workflow, at LAFCPUG,  and discussed the workflow with with 'Production Buzz' hosts Larry Jordan and Michael Horton  (the podcast is archived on their website)

The information is based on the DVDA's continuing research into making BD authoring and production more accessible for mainstream, non-Hollywood applications.  Initial work into this format was conducted by DVDA Directors Chip Eberhart (in Chicago), and Miguel Clarke in Germany. The Macintosh workflow was researched and created by Bruce Nazarian.

The LAFCPUG presentation was videotaped, and is available on DVD from LAFCPUG . 

A PDF of the Presentation is now available for download from the DVDA PUBLIC file area (link at left)

X-PROTECT blueTM: A new innovative & comprehensive copy
protection for Blu-ray Disc released by X-PROTECT stops piracy on
the new high definition format. 
 
Newport Beach, CA (June 9, 2008) – Blu-ray Disc has won the format
war and is now the defined standard for the next generation high
definition home-movie. X-PROTECT is announcing its latest addition to
its proven and established product line-up, X-PROTECT blueTM, a
comprehensive copy protection solution for Blu-ray Disc. X-PROTECT
will show the first production samples immediately to interested
parties and will be ready for mass-implementation in Q3 of this year. 

(Click Read more for full press release) 

You may now link through most titles to purchase through our Amazon.com affiliation. 
(Unless noted otherwise for a particular title,  hover your mouse
over an title's image, and preview pane should automatically open)

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