DVD LD
SVCD
VCD CD
Encode
method
Digital/MPEG
Analog
Digital
Digital/
MPEG
Digital
Capacity
650MB 650MB 650MB
133
minutes
242
minutes
266
minutes
484
minutes
Playing Time
Single-side
60 minutes
double-side
120 minutes
45 minutes
74 minutes 74 minutes
12cm/8cm 12cm/8cm
Disc diameter
30cm/20cm
12cm 12cm
Horizontal
resolution
More than 500 line
No more than
430 line
No more than
350 line
No more than
250 line
Multiple kinds
Picture
proportion
One kind
One kind
One kind
Subtitle
32 kinds
16 kinds
at most
4 kinds
at most
4 kinds
at most
4 kinds
2 kinds 2 kinds
Language
8 kinds
Sound quality
48KHz, 96KHz/
6, 20, 24bit
44.1KHz/
16bit
44.1KHz/
16bit
44.1KHz/
16bit
44.1KHz/
16bit
Single-
side
single-
layer
4.7G
Double
-side
single
-layer
8.5G
Single-
side
double-
layer
9.4G
Double-
side
double-
layer
17G
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DVD CHARACTERISTICS
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The DVD player is your ticket to a home cinema. Every single technical detail in this technology is better than in
any other previous AV equipment. This brand new digital technology compresses the A/V effect from the cinema
down on a disc with a diameter of 12 cm, i.e. the size of a CD. Particularly by means of Dolby Digital and DTS, it
is possible to achieve excellent digital surround sound. The DVD player can also be used with the existing CDs,
CD-Rs and CD-RWs (however, it cannot be used with all CD-RW discs).
Comparison between DVDs and other discs: