Everything about DVD

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: DVDA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Results from the randomized phase III DREAMM-7 study of belantamab mafodotin (belamaf) + bortezomib, and dexamethasone (BVd) vs daratumumab, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (DVd) in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM).Influential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: The Murder at the VicarageThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Television and DVD/Video Viewing in Children Younger Than 2 YearsCited 269 times
5. Go sideways: DVD recordableA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Optical storageA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Television and DVD/Video Viewing in Children Younger Than 2 Years

  Frederick J. Zimmerman, Dimitri A. Christakis, Andrew N. Meltzoff · 2007 · Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine · 269 citations

• Tourmaline: A Geologic DVD

  B. L. Dutrow, D. J. Henry · 2011 · Elements · 205 citations

• Competing with Free: The Impact of Movie Broadcasts on DVD Sales and Internet Piracy1

  Michael D. Smith, Rahul Telang · 2009 · MIS Quarterly · 164 citations

• Copy protection for DVD video

  J.A. Bloom, I.J. Cox, T. Kalker · 1999 · Proceedings of the IEEE · 139 citations

• The DVD-vs.-DIVX Standard War: Empirical Evidence of Network Effects and Preannouncement Effects

  David Dranove, Neil Gandal · 2003 · Journal of Economics & Management Strategy · 124 citations

• A flexible and highly sensitive nonenzymatic glucose sensor based on DVD-laser scribed graphene substrate

  Songyue Lin, Wendou Feng, Xiaofei Miao · 2018 · Biosensors and Bioelectronics · 108 citations

• A self-powered organolead halide perovskite single crystal photodetector driven by a DVD-based triboelectric nanogenerator

  Huajing Fang, Qiang Li, Jie Ding · 2016 · Journal of Materials Chemistry C · 102 citations

• Lights... Camera... Action! A Guide for Creating a DVD/Video

  Susan E. Fleming, Jerry Reynolds, Barb Wallace · 2009 · Nurse Educator · 99 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Results from the randomized phase III DREAMM-7 study of belantamab mafodotin (belamaf) + bortezomib, and dexamethasone (BVd) vs daratumumab, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (DVd) in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM).

  Maria-Victoria Mateos, Pawel Robak, Marek Hus · 2024 · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 21 citations

• The causal effect of subscription video streaming on DVD sales: Evidence from a natural experiment

  Yinan Yu, Hailiang Chen, Chih-Hung Peng · 2022 · Decision Support Systems · 18 citations

• Inverse DVD-R grating structured SPR sensor platform with high sensitivity and figure of merit

  Baeck B. Choi, Bethy Kim, Jason Bice · 2022 · Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry · 15 citations

• SERS-active substrates using DVD-R coated in silver thin films: A preliminary study for detection of commercial glyphosate

  L.S. Murcia-Correa, O.C. Usuriaga, Lucia Vieira · 2023 · Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy · 11 citations

• Phase 3 randomized study of teclistamab plus daratumumab versus investigator’s choice of daratumumab and dexamethasone with either pomalidomide or Bortezomib (DPd/DVd) in patients (Pts) with relapsed refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM): Results of majestec-3

  María-Victoria Mateos, Nizar Bahlis, Aurore Perrot · 2025 · Blood · 10 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• The Murder at the VicarageAgatha Christie · 1930
• The BastardJohn Jakes, Lyle Kenyon Engel · 1974
• If Tomorrow ComesSidney Sheldon · 1984
• Escape to Witch MountainAlexander Key · 1968
• The Penguin guide to compact discs and DVDsIvan March, Edward Greenfield · 2003
• Designing menus with Encore DVDJohn Skidgel · 2004
• DVD Authoring and ProductionRalph LaBarge · 2001
• Instant DVD Workshop 2Mark Dileo · 2013

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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