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Stephen Campbell

Ireland
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Pretty much anything and everything really. I'm a film fanatic, and I keep up to speed on all the latest developments in the business. I have a huge DVD collection (over 500), and I'm a big fan of special features. I'm also an active contributor to www.dvdcompare.net.

Brittanie Flegle

U.S.
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Can answer questions on: Video compression, best video equipment, consumer's guide to electronics, best computers to buy for video editing at home, how to use Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Premiere Pro, setting up your Mac or PC for video editing, how to set-up an editing bay, using Photoshop for video graphics, how to create easy video transitions, how to create a DVD menu in DVD Studio Pro, how to use iDVD, compressing for the web, exporting for TV, HD vs Standard, 4:3 vs 16:9 sequence settings, embedding different sequence settings, ripping DVDs, encoding DVD footage into editable format for FCP, etc.

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2009-11-02 Camcoder:

Hi Keyvan, I think those serrated edges that you are seeing are called interlaced video frames. They are most noticeable during scenes with lots of movement. If you can see these lines while watching

2009-10-10 My DVD player cant play the DVD that I burned with nero.:

Hi John, First of all, sorry about the delay in getting back to you. This isn't actually my area, and I was going to link you to the relevant expert until I noticed that there is no longer such an expert!

2009-10-10 My DVD player cant play the DVD that I burned with nero.:

Hi John, I can definitely answer your question. Data DVDs are for computer use only. They are for storing media only and unfortunately, not for instant playback on a DVD player. The only way to view

2009-10-05 can't play my American DVD on my english DVD player:

Hi Jill, Your DVD player is Region 2. The DVD you have is Region 1. To cut a long story short, Region 2 machines cannot play Region 1 DVDs. Now there are a couple of ways around it. Firsty, you could

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