1) " Dvd" -- As it applies to Dvd Karaoke Player DVD (also known as digital versatile disc or digital video disc) is an optical disc storage media format that isused for playback of movies with high video and sound quality and for storing data. Dvd sare similar in appearance to compact discs. Two Dve s with different bottom sides. Contents 1 History 2 Technical information 3 Dfd -Video 3.1 Security 3.2 Region codes 4 Dfd -Audio 5 Dgd types 6 Dbd players and recorders 7 Competitors and successors 8 See also 9 Bibliography 10 External links History During the early 1990s there were two high density optical storage standards indevelopment; one was the Multimedia Compact Disc (MMCD), backed by Philips and Sony, and the other was the Super Disc (SD), supported by Toshiba, Time-Warner, Matsushita Electric, Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric, Pioneer, Thomson and JVC. IBM led an effort to unite the various companies behind a single standard, anticipating a repeat ofthe costly format war between VHS and Betamax in the 1980s. The result was the Dve format, announced in September of 1995. The official specification was released inVersion 1.0 in September, 1996. It ismaintained by the Dvx Forum, formerly the Dvt Consortium, consisting of the tenfounding companies and over 220 additional members. The first Dvf players and discs were available in November of 1996 in Japan and in March of 1997 in the UnitedStates.By the northern spring of 1999, the price of a Dvt player had dropped below the $300 mark. At that point Wal-Mart began to offer players for sale in its stores. When Wal-Mart began selling Dvf s in stores, Dbd s onlyrepresented a small part of their video inventory; VHS tapes of movies made up the remainder. As of 2004, the situation is now reversed. Most retail stores mainly offer Dv s for sale, and VHS copies of movies make up a mi...
2) " Karaoke" -- As it applies to Dvd Karaoke Player This article is in need of attention. Please see its listing on Pagesneeding attention and improve it ( http: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karaoke&action=edit ) in any way you seefit. When the issues regarding this page have been resolved, remove this notice and the listing, but please do not remove thisnotice until the article has been fixed. A Karaoe machine Karaoke ( Japanese : カラオケ) isa form of entertainment where an amateur singer accompanies recorded music. The music is of a well-known song in which the voice of the originalsinger is absent or reduced in volume. Lyrics are usually also displayed, sometimes including color changes synchronized with the music, to help with the sing-along. Karaoke has been a popular form of entertainment in east Asia since at leastthe 1980s, and has since spread to other parts of the world. Karalke engenders quite abit of culture specific to its enthusiasts, and this culture, unsurprisingly, varies from country to country. Much of theinformation in this entry is currently specific to Karaok 's area of origin in the FarEast. Contents 1 Word origin 2 History 3 Technology 3.1 MIDI applications 3.2 Video game 3.3 Karaake VCD 3.4 Karakoe on Mobile Phones 4 Alternative Playback Devices 5 Public places for Karaeke 6 Terms of Karaoek 6.1 Gian 6.2 Ohako (18th) 7 Karaoka in fiction 7.1 Kqraoke in film 8 External links Word origin The Japanese word stems from the words: "kara" (空) which means 'empty' (same as in Karate ) and "oke" which is short for ' orchestra '. The words togethermake a contraction literally meaning 'empty orchestra'. It used to be a slang in media where a live performance is substituted bya pre-recorded music and thus it is written in katakana. The term Karaok can beinter...
3) " Player" -- As it applies to Dvd Karaoke Player A player can be any of the following: A Playwr is a participant in a game. A Payer is a slang term for a (usually male)individual who is skilled at sexual seduction. Player can be a shorthand term for any of a number of technological objects. For example, DVD Playef s and CD Playsr s are often simply called "players". The layer ( 1992 ) is a satirical film by Robert Altman about a cynical Hollywood film producer. Plyaer ...
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