DV is a format for recording and playing back of digital video. It was launched in 1995 with joint efforts of leading producers of video camera recorders.
The original DV specification, known as Blue Book, was standardized within the IEC 61834 family of standards. These standards define common features such as physical videocassettes, recording modulation method, magnetization, and basic system data in part 1. Part 2 describes the specifics of 525-60 and 625-50 systems. The IEC standards are copyrighted publications available for purchase from IEC or ANSI.
DV is an intraframe video compression scheme, which uses the discrete cosine transform (DCT) to compress video on a frame-by-frame basis. Audio is stored uncompressed.
Closely following ITU-R Rec. 601 standard, DV video employs interlaced scanning with the luminance sampling frequency of 13.5 MHz. This results in 480 scanlines per complete frame for the 60 Hz system, and 576 scanlines per complete frame for the 50 Hz system. In both systems the active area contains 720 pixels per scanline, with 704 pixels used for content and 16 pixels on the sides left for digital blanking. The same frame size is used for 4:3 and 16:9 frame aspect ratios, resulting in different pixel aspect ratios for fullscreen and widescreen video.
Plot
For 60 years a mysterious monk with no name has zigzagged the globe to protect an ancient scroll - a scroll that holds the key to unlimited power. Now the Monk must look for a new scrollkeeper. Kar is an unlikely candidate, a streetwise young man whose only interest is himself. But when he inadvertently saves the Bulletproof Monk from capture, the two become partners in a scheme to save the world from the scroll's most avid pursuer. Packed with spectacular special effects and martial arts action, the Monk, Kar, and a sexy Russian mob princess called Bad Girl must struggle to find, face, and fight the ultimate enemy.
Keywords: abbey, action-hero, asia, bare-chested-male, based-on-comic, based-on-comic-book, beretta, betrayal, blood, blood-splatter
A power beyond measure requires a protector without equal.
Don't mess with the monk
A monk. A punk. A chick. In a kick-ass flick.
To fulfill the prophecy, he must find the one to take his place.
[Monk puts some ointment on Kar's hand]::Kar: Hey, I like this. It's cool. It's comfy. It's fast acting. This stuff is great. What is it?::Monk With No Name: Homemade. From my own urine.::[Kar sniffs his hand]::Kar: That's disgusting!
Kar: So, I figured it out, why hot dogs come in packages of ten and hot dog buns come in packages of eight. See, the thing is, life doesn't always work out according to plan so be happy with what you've got, because you can always get a hot dog.
Monk With No Name: Why do hot dogs come in packages of ten, but hot dog buns only come in packages of just eight?::Kar: What the hell is that?
[Nina shows Jade a picture of a refugee kneeling in front of a man with a rifle]::Nina: Tell me, deep inside, at the bottom of your soul, who would you rather be? The man about to be shot? Or the man about to do the shooting?
Monk With No Name: An enlightened man would offer a weary traveler a bed for the night, and invite him to share a quiet conversation over a bowl of Cocoa Puffs.
Monk With No Name: It's not about anger - it's about peace. It's not about power - it's about grace. It's not about knowing your enemy - it's about knowing yourself.
Strucker: You may be my granddaughter. But that will only protect you for so long.
Monk With No Name: Air is as real as you and me. You have to step on it as if it were a stone, swim through it as if it were the sea. All you have to do is truly believe.::Kar: Believe what, that the laws of gravity don't exist?
Cabbie: [playing ethnic music with no words] Do you guys like this music?::Kar, Monk With No Name: ...Yea!::Cabbie: It's the bomb diggity. [phone rings] Excuse me I have to talk to my baby-mamma-to-be.
Monk With No Name: Water which is too pure has no fish.