The word DVD stands for digital versatile disc or it may be called as Digital video disk. A DVD is mainly used for data and video storage. As being optical disc storage media it can store almost six times of the data stored on a simple CD. A DVD-ROM is used for read only memory, you can only read data from a read only memory but can not write data over it. Other then DVD-ROM there are DVD-R and DVD+R which can record data for a single time and function as read only memory. DVD-Video and DVD-Audio discs stores video and audio data respectively.

DVD is an archival medium where data is stored in the archive and retrieved occasionally. If no device can read data from the DVD the DVD is called to be obsolete. The durability of a DVD depends upon how long its content can be read by the compatible devices. The durability of a DVD depends upon the sealing material, reflective layer, the storage duration, dye make up and the place where the DVD was manufactured.

In present circumstances numerous movies and televisions shows are recorded in DVDs. Due to its huge storage capacity a DVD can store a number of movies on a single disc with the help of video compression of the movies. Movies are encoded in MPEG 4 format while storing them on DVD. The movie player uncompresses the data as you watch the movie. Movies are recorded in 24 frame format and the MPEG encoder analyzes each frame and decides how to encode the frame. Due to compression the overall size of the movies is reduced hence you can store more than one movie on a single DVD. DVD is being sold more than the video tapes, CDs and laser discs. It is now claimed as the most successful consumer electronic product all over the world.

Planning Parties is too much hassle because you have to do a lot of work for proper planning for the event . But now a days this thing get more simpler because there are lots of organizations working for the support/planning for this kind of events .

Now planning American thematic parties are very easy , just you need to call someone who are associated with the planning dept and then you will get quick service front the staff . Not only that you can also get all arrangements done by birthday party supplies , so now I think planning parties on every weekend is very easy .

I love parties and gatherings , but the main thing which bring real soul in party is the arrangement , if arrangement will be good then everyone would enjoy the DJ Party otherwise people will get frustrate from such boring events without any real soul .

I went with some friends to see the citydance performance this weekend. it was interesting. sarah kaufman reviewed it in today’s post, here. there are many points to her review that i completely disagreed with–completely! but the one thing she did get right was that it was great to go see a sold out show of local, professional dance smack downtown in a beautiful theatre filled with nice-looking, cultured folks who weren’t all over 60. it felt like a night out, not to the hinderlands of brookland or bethesda but one of the areas in dc that i like the best. And at first, i was very impressed with the show. the first piece was boring but solidly performed, the second and third were interesting and appealing, and the fourth was, again, professional, though not inspiring. the performance quality of all of them felt quite high, at least for dc. But the 2nd half was a complete departure from that. a couple of the pieces were virtual disasters, one was way overdone, and only one–a doug varone piece–had some nuance to it. it was really an unfortunate arrangement of the evening’s pieces; my friends and i went from feeling optimistic and interested in the company to, by the end, being a little bit embarassed.

that said, there are some great dancers in the company. in particular, a woman named kyra jean green was terrific. clean movements, beautiful and compelling presence.

one of my friends was more disappointed than the rest of us. a european, she felt wary of being called a snob but couldn’t help herself. “the quality of dance in this country is just so low!” she said. the good pieces were not great, not extremely interesting, not seriously original–and even the ones i’d felt were half decent were overwhelmingly conventional, she thought.

it was interesting. again, it’s that criticism of one’s home, which i know not everyone’s open to. but i can’t turn a blind eye to it, b/c it’s something we can learn from. why, then, is modern dance here less advanced and less challenging than in a number of other places, namely europe? is it just b/c this country is more materialistic, less cultured, and a lot more commercial than europe?

it’s funny, i almost became defensive for the US during our discussion, but that’s dumb. i’d rather figure out if she’s right, and if so, why.

we got into the studio yesterday, three dancers, one musician and one visual artist. it was mad. in the greatest of ways. again, i found myself in a group of people trying to create, using a collective creative eye, and the creative eye being on the inside of the piece.

and yet, again, i found myself wondering about creating from the inside verses the outside. being a performer in the piece, verses being a choreographer on the outside. in school, they said, pointing with the finger, you have to step outside, you have to become the eye from the outside. there was not really an option. if the choreographer was in the piece, it was usually because a dancer had been injured or was sick. but to not even have an understudy that wasn’t the choreographer was a no-no.
this is something i’ve been thinking of for awhile, mostly when seeing dance where the artistic director also is involved in the piece as a performer. is it possible to be in a piece and still get a sense of what the piece is, what it “looks” like, what it is, from the outside? or is this even important? are we maybe past a time when we need that control? does it matter what it looks like? or is all that matters what we do, no matter what it looks like to others than those who are performing?

people i discuss this with talk about the inner voice, and feeling certain ways as the performer. not so much about how things come across, what impression it gives. many times we don’t have a choice, we have to create on our own bodies because of lack of funding and lack of time with other dancers in the studio. it’s hard to find ways to step outside, to get your dancers together in order for the choreographer to solely be the the creator, as opposed to the creator and the performer.

but then again, i don’t know where the difference is. is it a strength to allow yourself, if you can, to step out? is this a trust issue? do you trust your dancers to carry your piece without your own voice as a performer in the piece? or is it a strength to trust your language so much that you skip the observation from the outside?