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A DVD is an optical disc used to store digital data. Standard DVDs use these technologies:
DVD is an optical disc used to store digital data. DVD was originally an acronym but an official definition was never settled upon (unlike its precursor, CD = [[Compact Disc]]). However, "Digital Video Disc" and "Digital Versatile Disc" have both endured as meanings.


Standard DVDs use these technologies:
* [[MPEG]]: transport, video, and audio codecs
* [[MPEG]]: transport, video, and audio codecs
* [[VOBsub]]: subtitle format
* [[VOBsub]]: subtitle format
* [[Meridian Lossless Packing (MLP)]]: used on DVD-audio discs
* [[Meridian Lossless Packing]]: used on DVD-audio discs
* [[DVD Content Scrambling System]]: used for region and navigation restriction on DVD video discs
* [[DVD Content Protection for Pre-recorded Media]]: used for encrypting DVD audio discs
 
== External links ==
* [http://www.le-hacker.org/dvd.html Comprehensive guide to DVDs]
* [http://www.osta.org/technology/dvdqa/ Understanding Recordable & Rewritable DVD] by Hugh Bennett
* [http://www.emedialive.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=11629 The Authoritative HD DVD FAQ] by Hugh Bennett


[[Category:Optical Multimedia Formats]]
[[Category:Optical Multimedia Formats]]

Latest revision as of 01:33, 15 October 2007

DVD is an optical disc used to store digital data. DVD was originally an acronym but an official definition was never settled upon (unlike its precursor, CD = Compact Disc). However, "Digital Video Disc" and "Digital Versatile Disc" have both endured as meanings.

Standard DVDs use these technologies:

External links

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