What is CD, CDG, VCD and DVD?
With karaoke media (CDGs, VCDs and DVDs), the lead singers voice is removed but the background voices and music are still present. In short, if you want to sing a Garth Brooks song, karaoke media removes Garths voice and you sing in his place. Karaoke media consists of CDGs (Compact Disc plus Graphics), VCDs (Video Compact Discs) and DVDs (Digital Versatile Discs). All this media are the same size as a normal 5″ CD. CDGs do not have lead vocals. They only have background vocals and instrumentals. Words to the songs appear on your TV screen when the disc is played on a CD+G player and connected to a TV. They usually have about 15 songs per each disc and come with the lead singer’s voice removed. Instrumentals and backup singers are left intact. The premise is to substitute your voice as the lead singer’s voice. VCDs have a video background. Words to the songs appear your TV screen over a scene that you normally see on TV when the disc is played on a VCD player and connected to a TV. The
