DVD Players

While most DVD-Video players offer superb picture and sound quality--including outstanding playback of conventional CDs--there are many important differences in features and performance. We'll cover the gamut in this guide, exploring the relevant issues to help you locate the best match for your system.

AV Cables

Wiring up a five- or six-speaker home theater system can be both cumbersome and confusing. And it can get expensive. There is also understandable controversy regarding the actual improvement to audio and video offered by expensive, "fancy" cable--some of which can be quite ungainly.

DVD Tutorial

In this tutorial, we'll explore the physical characteristics of the DVD format and its data capacity, and see what makes it different from the audio Compact Disc (CD) format with which we're all familiar.  Once we talk about physical format of DVD, we'll explore the various application formats of DVD: DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, and DVD-ROM.