>> DVD Basics

• Aspect ratios explained
  Everything about 16:9, 4:3, letterboxing and how resizing works
  
  
• DVD structure
  Explains what files are on a DVD disc and what they are here for
  
  
• How to make your DVD-ROM region free

• HD Playback guide
  How to rip a DVD and play it from your HD
  
  
• The official DVD FAQ

• Newbie guide
  An introduction to DVD ripping for beginners
  
  
• Telecine explained
  
  
• The effect of iDCT algorithms on MPEG4 encoding
  
  
• Video Basics
  An introduction to the TV and the way we store digital video, including an explanation of progressive/interlaced and deinterlacing methods

• DVD Ripper comparison
  The web's one and only comprehensive test of all DVD ripping programs
  
  
• Codec comparisons
  Video compression codecs put through a ripping scenario test
  

>> Other stuff

• DMCA analysis
  an in-depth analysis of the Digital Copyright Millenium Act
  
  
• DMCA revisited
  An analysis of the court's decision on banning the dissemination of DeCSS