Movies & Film

Keynote is one of the many applications you can download from the iTunes app store. Learn about Keynote special effects on the iPad with help from an expert who has earned Apple Product Certification…

Viewing Netflix on the iPad may require you to change your DNS. Find out how to change the DNS for Netflix on the iPad with help from an Apple certified support professional in this free video clip.

Using an Ethernet or Wi-Fi-enabled Blu-Ray player with a built-in Web browser, you can stream videos from Justin.tv on your Blu-Ray player connected to a television. Justin.tv features thousands of…

You can stream Netflix from your Mac OS X computer using a desktop application that supports the UPnP method. As of January, 2012, there are three UPnP clients that also support streaming of the…

The Serenity Blu-Ray disc contains a hidden "Easter egg" with additional video that is not available in the standard Blu-Ray menus. An Easter egg refers to a hidden feature in software or…

Apple TV, or iTV, is a small device that gives the user wireless access to TV shows, movies, music, photos and news on his television. Apple TV users no longer have to sync with an iTunes library or…

Movie projectionists set up and operate projectors to show films to audiences. No special skills are required to become a move projection operator in a movie theater, as most are trained on the job.…

An unofficial application for devices running a jailbroken version of the iOS operating system present on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch mobile devices from Apple, Inc., dTunes allows users to play…

Microfilm is a storage medium that allows images of documents and other printed material to be stored on rolls of film. Thousands or even tens of thousands of pages and images can be stored on a…

Special effects, such as lightning and green screen backgrounds, are added to "stop motion" videos during post-production editing. You can add certain effects, such as color correction or…

Shopping online can be a hit-or-miss proposition. There is no way to try on the clothing, so you have no way of knowing how it will look on your particular body. The online site My Virtual Model aims…

You can quickly add Blu-ray disc playback capability to your desktop computer. The process of installing a Blu-ray ROM drive and connecting or "marrying" it to a PC's motherboard is not a…

Netflix started exclusively delivering DVDs through the mail, but recently began allowing subscribers to watch selections from its video libraries online. Because of a mix of technical and business…

The Blu-ray disc format offers uncompressed music and movie audio that is indistinguishable from the master copy. The frequency range between Blu-ray audio and that on a DVD or CD is similar; however,…

Many current movies are released on Blu-rays, while companies frequently release old favorites that have been remastered, on Blu-rays DVD. These discs promise quality visuals -- even higher than those…

When a problem occurs that prevents you from viewing a Blu-ray or DVD movie on your Vizio Blu-ray player, you must determine the cause of the problem before you can enjoy watching the movie. Certain…

Losing the audio feed on the Netflix streaming video or through-the-mail DVD services can be caused by an assortment of easy-to-fix issues, but can also be the result of more involved conditions.…

If you discover a file on your computer with the words “TS Readnfo XviD” in its name, you are likely looking at a digital video of a movie that someone has bootlegged. Someone may have…

Foot step sound insulation minimizes the sounds of walking between an upper floor and a lower floor. It is used in buildings such as apartments or office buildings or buildings in which a business…

In addition to letting you rent physical DVDs, Netflix lets you watch streaming content online and lets you add videos to its instant queue for later viewing. The instant browsing queue displays two…

MPEG 2 and AVCHD are both codecs that were especially developed to process the video tracks in digital video files. While they have a similar background, there are some marked differences between the…

The Samsung P1600 Blu-ray disc player has the ability to connect to the Internet and access numerous online applications, including streaming video playback through Netflix. Problems with playback can…

If the audio fails in your entertainment center, watching HD Blu-ray movies isn't worth the time. The picture may still be stunning, but something will be amiss. Audio problems are usually due to one…

Etching metal for small jewelry or sculpture creates the outline for a cutout design or a pattern on the surface of the metal. Either process is easily done using an ink jet printer along with a…

Flixster and Netflix include an API to which you can connect and send updates. The API lists several functions to interface with your readers' preferred movies and searches. Each API has its own…

Network-enabled Blu-Ray players allow you to stream content from other devices so the files can be displayed on your TV. You can use the built-in file sharing tools in your operating system to stream…

The Netflix website allows you to watch streaming videos on your computer or television. When you're watching a movie or television show on Netflix, the video stream can take up a large portion of…

Your computer isn't the only device you can use to watch streaming content from Netflix. If you have an Apple iPad, you can watch streaming Netflix Watch Instantly content on the Netflix app built…

The Netflix video streaming service streams video to your computer or streaming device via a highspeed Internet connection. If your streaming service is experiencing some sort of feedback that is…

The first Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet Reader debuted in 2009 as an ereader for viewing books, magazines and newspapers on a black-and-white screen. The device has been updated several times and now…

You can distribute the signal from your Blu-ray player to multiple TVs in your home or office by using an HDMI multiplier. The HDMI interface is the only industry-supported connection method capable…

Plex, a media library application, includes support for Netflix via a plug-in. The Netflix plug-in adds Netflix as an option to the videos section of your Plex media library. You can use the plug-in…

If you have a lot of data on your computer that you need to back up or distribute to other people, you can use a double-sided, single-layer Blu-ray disc. You’ll need to evaluate the storage…

DV tapes and HDV tapes are both used for recording digital video in camcorders. The cassette and tape size are exactly the same between these two video formats. However, they do have some slight…

VideoLAN's VLC Media Player software supports the playback of Blu-ray discs on compatible computers. The program is capable of playing a large variety of multimedia files, in addition to its support…

Jailbreaking your Sony PlayStation 3 removes many of the gaming device's limitations. The jailbreak process does not, however, affect the PS3's ability to surf the Internet over a wired or Wi-Fi…

Fractals come from the world of mathematics and geometry; they are useful for understanding natural branching shapes such as trees, the human circulatory system, lightning and rivers. Self-similarity…

All Samsung Blu-ray players currently on the market have apps available for streaming videos from services such as Netflix, Hulu Plus and Vudu. However, you may encounter problems with streaming video…

AT&T allows its customers to use Netflix's streaming services over a variety of products, from its cable and Internet to the iPhone and the iPad. You can run into problems streaming high-quality…

The Insignia brand of Blu-ray players appeals to the budget-minded consumer who still wants some bells and whistles. Insignia, produced and sold by Best Buy, offers affordable high-definition viewing…

Video games created for the PlayStation 3 gaming console come on Blu-ray discs. If you want to view the contents of a PS3 Blu-ray game disc using your laptop, you must have a Lite-On DH-401S Blu-ray…

Upconversion on a Blu-ray player is a process where standard-definition DVD video discs are converted to high-definition quality for playback on an HDTV. This is convenient for movie fanatics who…

Modern browsers can handle file downloads of all sizes, so if yours hangs up when you download movies then something on your computer isn’t working correctly. You probably don’t spend much…

Given the higher resolution and video data information contained on Blu-ray disc, the need for enhanced picture quality capabilities is required. Contained in the High Definition Multimedia Interface…

Blu-Ray offers better quality video viewing through higher definition, even when watching regular DVDs. One of the perks of having an internet-capable Blu-Ray player like those made by Insignia is the…

Pulse code modulation, or PCM, is the digital representation of analog signals. In the case of surround sound, this means that all digital surround formats eventually are decoded as PCM. Pulse code…

The documentary director has all the duties of a director in scripted film-making, but often works with constraints others don't have to deal with. Generally, he doesn't have a full script or…

VirtualDub is a software utility for capturing and processing video. In addition to creating video files, you can use it to compress and edit video and apply special effects. Effects filters for…

Film is an expensive medium, with its cost a barrier to use in consumer markets. The introduction of 8 mm film, which was 16 mm film cut in half, reduced the cost to a level that made it popular for…

The movie data on a Blu-ray disc is stored in multiple M2TS files. The audio tracks in M2TS files are encoded with specific codecs. DTS is one example of an audio codec that you can use to publish…