Whats the difference between a DVD, VCD, SVCD, XVCD, XSVCD and Divx ?
DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) A DVD allows 2 hours of high DVD quality 720×480 MPEG-2 compressed video and supports authoring if so encoded. The format also supports XP mode using less compression that results in only 1 hour of recoded video per disc. There are several extended play modes offering up to 6 hrs to be crammed onto a single disc. The high compression required results in poorer quality with noticeable artifacting. Thus we typically only record in SP mode (2hrs/DVD) or XP mode (1hr/DVD) To read more on DVD construction and how a DVD works…. Click Here… VCD (Video Compact Disc) Employs MPEG-1 compressed full motion video to be recorded on a less expensive CD-R, but is limited to only 74 or 80 minutes playing time depending on the capacity of the CD (650 or 700 mb). Video quality of a VCD is no where near the quality of a DVD – only 352×240 lines or approximately that of a standard Vhs tape. Most newer set top DVD players from 2002 on will play a VCD. SVCD (Super Video Comp
