DVD

Digital video disc.

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"Digital Versatile Disk." (Formerly Digital Video Disk.)
Same size as a D but stores seven times D ca!acity
on a single side. DVDs can also be double"sided or dual
layer. #oday most DVDs are used to dis!lay $ull"length
commercial motion !ictures% !lus additional material
such as outtakes% director&s notes% movie trailers% etc.
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($$icially known as the Digital Video Disc% though
marketers uno$$icially re$er to it as the Digital Versatile
Disc. DVD uses a )"inch disc with anywhere $rom *.)
+b (single layer% single"sided) to ,- +b storage
ca!acity (double"layer% double sided). .t uses /01+2
com!ression to encode -234*53! resolution% $ull"
motion video and Dolby Digital to encode )., channels
o$ discrete audio. #he disc can also contain 0/% D#S%
and /01+ audio soundtracks and numerous other
$eatures. ...
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Digital Versatile Disc. 6n o!tic disc with the same
!hysical size as a D but with signi$icantly greater
storage ca!acity.
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DVD% introduced in ,889% was originally known as
Digital Video Disc but soon became known as Digital
Versatile Disc. .t is the ne7t generation o$ o!tical disc
storage technology. which shares the same overall
dimensions o$ a D% but have signi$icantly higher
ca!acities " holding $rom * to 25 times as much data.
Single sided DVDs can store *.-+: $or single layer and
5.)+: $or dual"layer disks. Double sided DVDs can
store 8.*+: $or single layer and ,-+: $or dual"layer
disks.
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Digital Versatile Disk. 6 com!act"disc $ormat with much
higher ca!acity than traditional D";(/.
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(Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) 6 ty!e o$
o!tical disk similar to the D";(/ but with much
greater storage ca!acity. 6 DVD holds a minimum o$
*.-+: o$ data% enough $or a $ull"length movie. DVD
drives are backward"com!atible with D";(/s% so they
can !lay old D";(/s% D". disks% and video Ds.
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(Digital Versatile Disk) is an o!tical disc storage media
$ormat that is used $or !layback o$ movies with high
video and sound <uality and $or storing data. DVDs are
similar in a!!earance to com!act discs.
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Digital Versatile Disk% $ormerly Digital Video Disc. 6n
o!tical storage medium with im!roved ca!acity and
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Digital Versatile Disc
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6 DVD disc looks much like a D";(/ or audio disc%
but uses higher density storage methods to signi$icantly
increase storage ca!acity.
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Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc. 6 sort o$
>su!er" D% with enhanced storage ca!acity. 1:D.
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6 storage $ormat that uses o!tical disks similar to D"
;(/s to store in$ormation. 6 DVD disc is about the
same size as a D";(/% although it stores much
greater <uantities o$ in$ormation4 an entire movie% or
several hours o$ audio% or ) gigabytes or more o$
com!uter data. DVD stands $or Digital Video Disc or
Digital Versatile Disc.
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Digital Video Disc (o$$icially called Digital Versatile Disc)
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ADigital Video DiskB a DVD system delivers a !icture
with over twice the de$inition o$ standard VCS. #he
high"density technology on the DVD disc stores over
two times the number o$ !i7els (-23 !er horizontal
line) com!ared to standard VCS (D23 !er horizontal
line).
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Digital Versatile Disk% a new multi"media $ormat that is
su!erior to D";(//6udio and videota!e. /ost DVD
!layers are com!atible with Ds.
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Digital Video Disk. 6 new $ormat $or !utting $ull length
movies on a )" D using /01+"2 com!ression $or
"better than VCS" <uality.
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Digital Versatile Disc. #he ne7t generation o$ om!act
Disc (D).
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Digital Versatile Disc. Second generation o!tical media%
introduced in the mid ,883s. 6 DVD contains u! to 5.)
+: o$ data. .s mainly used $or standard de$inition video
and data storage a!!lications that re<uire average
room. /ost :lu"ray Disc !roducts will be com!atible
with DVDs.
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6bbreviation o$ digital video disc% storage unit o$ video
and audio data necessitating a laser $or reading and
writing.
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6 DVD or digital versatile disc% is the ne7t generation o$
o!tical disc storage technology. .t&s essentially a
bigger% $aster D that can hold cinema"like video%
better"than"D audio% and com!uter data.
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Digital Versatile Disc. (Digital Video Disc at one time.)
Cigh density o!tical storage discs. DVD discs are used
to distribute movies using /01+"2 digital video and
either Dolby Digital (6"D) or /01+"2 (0hili!s
/>S.6/) digital audio.
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an electronic data storage medium that uses o!tical
technology $or storing and !laying back audio% video%
te7t% and other in$ormation in digital $orm% but with $ar
greater ca!acity than Ds.
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#he Digital Versatile Disk is identical in !hysical size to
the com!act disk but ca!able o$ storing *.- gigabytes
o$ data " an amount ade<uate $or storing movie"length
video encoded with /01+"2.
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DVD is a high ca!acity (*.-+:) D"size disc $or video%
multimedia% games and audio a!!lications. .t holds
about - times more in$ormation than a regular D
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videodisk4 a digital recording (as o$ a movie) on an
o!tical disk that can be !layed on a com!uter or a
television set
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DVD is an o!tical disc storage media $ormat that can be
used $or storing data% including movies with high video
and sound <uality. DVDs resemble com!act discs4 their
!hysical dimensions are the sameF,2cm or the mini
5cmFbut they are encoded in a di$$erent $ormat and at
a much higher density. >nlike Ds% all DVDs must
contain a $ile system. #his $ile system is called >DF%
and is an e7tension o$ the .S( 8993 Standard used $or
Data"Ds.