If you’re a part of the generation that has witnessed the digital transformation and seen tech evolve into its current state, you’re probably familiar with CDs and DVDs. Or perhaps you’re even holding ...

[This is a guest post by Jason Mittell, Associate Professor of Film & Media Culture and American Studies at Middlebury College. Jason blogs at Just TV.] [This is a guest post by Jason Mittell, ...

Click to viewCommercial DVDs are far too expensive to let scratches turn your video into a glorified coaster, but most people still don't back up their DVD collection. Once upon a time, the four to ...

Streaming is convenient, but Blu-ray provides the best quality video and audio you can get in your home theater. The only problem is you have to get off the couch to switch discs. That feels so 2006, ...

Addicted to movies? You can watch video on your tablet, smartphone, or portable media player, of course–but since none of those gadgets have optical drives, you can ...

We explain how you can copy a DVD to your Mac for watching on iPad or Apple TV, even if it won’t play! When clearing out the garage recently we stumbled upon an old DVD. Since we no longer have a DVD ...

Many of us do not want to throw our previous DVD away. However, it easily gets scratched, broken. To protect my collection, I had written "Digitize DVD Collection" into the to-do-list. My discs, not ...

How to Rip DVDs and Play Them on Your Computer Too many DVDs lying around? Need a way to turn them digital? You can turn them into digital files with the right software. These three programs will get ...

What is the best format to rip DVD? There is no single answer to this question. If you want to convert DVD for playback on a mobile device, MP4 is a good choice. If you want to create a 1:1 copy to ...

VLC 2.0 is awesome, but if you've tried to rip DVDs with Handbrake after installing it on a Mac, you've probably found that it no longer works. Here's how to fix it.

Donald Bell has spent more than five years as a CNET senior editor, reviewing everything from MP3 players to the first three generations of the Apple iPad. He currently devotes his time to producing ...