What is a Video Compact Disc or VCD?
A Video Compact Disc or VCD is a compact disc that plays movies instead of music. It is in multi-platform format which means you can use many different kind of equipment to play it! VCDs look exactly like a CD or CD-ROM except that it stores video/audio clips using the compressed and standardized MPEG-1 (Motion Picture Expert Group) format. It was jointly developed by Philips and Sony and was introduced in 1993.
A Video Compact Disc or VCD is a compact disc that plays movies instead of music.It is in multi-platform format which means you can use many different kinds of equipment to play them. VCDs look exactly like a CD or CD-ROM except that it stores video/audio clips using the compressed and standardized MPEG-1 (Motion Picture Expert Group) format. It was jointly developed by Philips and Sony and were introduced in 1993. A single disc can only hold 74 minutes of video but usually only 50 to 60 minutes is actually used. So a typical movie will be held in two compact discs that are packaged in a single jewel case. VCDs are very popular in Asia and are gaining popularity in America, Europe and Australia. Nowadays, VCDs have practically replaced video cassettes in Asia. The main reason is because VCD is cheap compared to DVDs and the quality is comparable to VHS. It can also last much longer than VHS and has no drop in sound/picture quality when stored for a long time. It is much smaller in size
