What exactly are DVDs, VCDs and SVCDs?
DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc and is the generic name for a family of related disc formats encompassing video, audio, and computer file storage on an optical disc format. We’ll talk about the different formats in a moment. A single layer (DVD-5) DVD stores up to 2 hours of very good quality DVD-Video, including several audio tracks in formats like stereo, Dolby Digital or DTS and also advanced menu systems, subtitles and still pictures that can be played by standalone DVD Players and computer DVD-ROMs. If you choose to lower the video quality it is possible to store several hours video on a DVD using low bit rates and low resolution with video quality more like SVCD or VCD. It is also possible to have up to 4.37 GB ordinary data or mix DVD-Video and data on a DVD that can be played by computer DVD-ROMs. A DVD can be played on: • Standalone DVD Players • Sony Playstation 2 and Microsoft Xbox game consoles • All computers with DVD-ROM drives VCD stands for Video CD and consists o
