A DVD is a disc storage format which holds digital information, generally in forms of films, programmes, music and games. Over the years DVDs have evolved and have wiped out VSR and took it out of the market as it lost its convenience in its use. For the past couple of years DVD have gained a lot of digital competitors and people would argue that there are other digital softwares that have more convenience than a DVD or Blu Ray. In this day and age technology has evolved tremendously. We now have the choice to watch films and TV programmes at our own disposal with portable devices such as Smart phones, ipads, laptops where you can download films online from an online on demand internet streaming media provider such as Netflix and iLovefilm which is very popular world wild. Netflix and iLovefilm are much cheaper than buying DVD's that amount to about £10-£15 per dvd when an online provider subscription can cost no more than 4.99 a month allowing you to watch unlimited films and TV series.
As well as it being cheaper to watch online it is at your own disposal meaning you can watch it when ever you want and where ever you want. However with DVD's you either have to order it online which can take up to 5 working days or go out of your way to make a trip to the shop to buy the DVD which can be tedious for some people. Furthermore DVD did have some perks in its day. Blockbusters was one of the biggest movie rental stores in the UK a couple years back but the company is now slowly dying and has become bankrupt because of the fall in numbers of customers and so is HMV at the moment. Online technology will slowly put companies that predominantly sell DVD's and CD's out of business.
DVD's features the film, trailers, back stage footage, games and interviews which give a deep insight of the film and to introduce us to the characters and production team. Also including moving images which are cut scene and footage that have not been used in the film. The copyright protection warnings are usually shown right when the DVD is being played before the DVD menu which informs the viewers their rights to the DVD e.g.. copyright infringement, pirate DVDs etc.
The DVD menu helps the users to navigate around the DVD allowing you to select different buttons that link to different things. You as the viewer are able to control your viewing experience by adjusting the screen size, adding subtitles if needed and audio description. In most DVDs moving images from scenes of the film will be showed either before the menu is shown or behind the menu as a background
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