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NUON™
NUON™
refers to either (1) a DVD software/movie that has NUON-enhanced features, or (2) a DVD player that
has NUON compatibility and supports the NUON
specific features of NUON-enhanced DVD software. NUON is a proprietary
DVD enhancement from VM Labs, Inc. (It is not part
of the DVD standard.) The NUON feature set provides additional interactive
capabilities when DVD software with NUON content is used with a DVD player
with NUON compatibility.
On the
hardware side, think of NUON as a relatively general purpose processor. From the software perspective, DVD-Video content
producers (e.g., movie studio) can use the NUON programming interfaces
to add NUON-enhanced value-added bonus features to the DVD-Video
disc. The
level and nature of interactivity is only limited by the imagination of
the DVD-Video content provider and the native
capabilities of the NUON processing in certain DVD players. Taken
to the extreme, VM Labs Inc. claims that NUON technology can provide
near video game level of interactivity.
NUON-enhanced DVD
software/movies are identified by the NUON logo on the packaging.
In order to take advantage of the unique NUON features, you need a DVD
player that has NUON enhancements. As of early 2001, there are
only two
DVD players with the NUON feature: the Toshiba
SD-2300 and the Samsung
Extiva N-2000. DVD players that support NUON functionality are
designated by the NUON logo on
their faceplate. As of 2002, it appears that NUON hardware and
software support is rapidly waning.
The first NUON-enhanced DVD-Video software/movie title is Fox Home
Video's Bedazzled, released on March 13, 2001.
Read our full review of
the Bedazzled DVD to see what
unique NUON features are offered on this ground-breaking DVD.
Additional Information and Reference: NUON web site, full press
release.
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