Latest Codex - It's Getting Harder to Watch Movies by Scott Morris
After a long, exhausting day you came home, had your dinner and then sat in front of the TV looking for a nice relaxing movie. Nothing! Then suddenly you remembered that you bought the CD of the new, Oscar-winning movie “Million Dollar Baby”. You took out your laptop, inserted the first CD and... We see this compression in PDF files (Acrobat Reader), in MP3 files (WinAMP), in MPEG files (movies), in each and every data storage file that you can imagine. ... While the compression is being done, the programs use some kind of a dictionary.

The Archos 604 WiFi is a Versatile Device by Julia Hall
One of the great benefits of a lot of the new technologies coming out these days is the fact that so many devices are so versatile when it comes to what they do. Consider for a moment what the well connected traveler would have needed twenty years ago in order to communicate with the outside... Plus, with the fact that it can record in MPEG-4 video compression format, the Archos 604 WiFi can record over one hundred hours of video. ... All of the above is pretty standard for a portable video, but the Archos 604 WiFi goes well beyond the features of other portable video devices.

Inside Camcorders: Terms, Definitions, DVD Formats/Capacities - What Camcorder is Best for You? by Jennifer Johnston-Giuliano
WHAT IS THE CAPACITY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MINIDV AND FULL SIZE DVD’S? DVD’s come in Two Sizes. The mini CD size of 80 mm (about 3 1/8” in diameter) and the Standard CD size of 120 mm (about 4 ¾” in diameter). The Full Size DVD’s look just like Standard CD’s. ... Secondly, it employs highly efficient MPEG-2 compression. ... Camcorders that record to hard drive are probably going to reign in the future, however you will be stuck with lower quality MPEG-2 and lower compatibility with video editing programs.

All About DVD Part 3: Blue-Ray and HD-DVD by Artem Chlegov
New storage formats: DVD-HD and Blue-Ray On the first glance, DVDs have just finished becoming common and are the best option available. But developers do not agree, trying to invent new needs for poor users. This time HDTV (High Definition Television) is considered to be the new technology... Along with MPEG-2, compression technologies such as MPEG-4 and Video Codec 1 (VC1, format based on Windows Media 9) will be used. ... Codecs used to store video in Blue Ray standard are the same as the ones used for HD-DVD (Mpeg-2, Mpeg-4 and VC1).

Convert VHS to DVD by Bob Rankin
You have several options to convert VHS to DVD. Let's look at them one by one and then you'll be ready to choose the one that's best for you. Combo Units If you own a combination DVD and VCR player/recorder, available almost any place where electronics are sold, it's almost painless to pop in... Usually it just requires hooking up a cable (may need to be purchased separately) from the VCR's Video Out port (the red, white, yellow connectors) to the Video In port on the camera and pressing a few buttons.

All About DVD Part 1: DVD Format by Artem Chlegov
Types of DVD and history of development It's been a long time since DVD became common in our everyday life. However, most people don't seem to know what it is exactly. Answers to questions like "what sort of arcane symbols are printed on disk boxes" , "how come DVD is different from CD if... Video data on DVD-Video disks is compressed by using MPEG-2 compression. ... This compression algorithm allows shrinking video stream approximately ten times, without loss of picture quality. ... It is usually used in musical video clips and movies where sound clarity is important.