2007-03-12 11:51:01 · 7 answers · asked by Bebo 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TiVO & DVRs
DVD stands for Digital Versatile/Video Disc, DVDR stands for DVD Recordable and DVDRW for DVD ReWriteable. If you're familiar with regular audio/music CDs or regular DVD-Video discs, then you will know what a recordable DVD looks like. A recordable DVD stores up to 2 hours of very good quality DVD-Video, including several audio tracks in formats like stereo, Dolby Digital or DTS and also advanced menu systems, subtitles and still pictures that can be played by many standalone DVD Players and most computer DVD-ROMs. If you choose to lower the video quality it is possible to store several hours video on a recordable DVD using low bitrates and low resolution with video quality more like VHS, SVHS, SVCD, CVD or VCD. It is also possible to have up to 4.37* GB ordinary data or mix DVD-Video and data on a recordable DVD that can be played by most computer DVD-ROMs.
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2007-03-12 22:42:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you accept the Digital Versitile Disk answer, then you can accept that DVD includes Video and Audio storage of digital information. The more popular name Digital Video Disk will tend to exclude the ability that high quality audio storage is possible.
Just like cds are not dvds, the public will recognize that the HD (high density) formats BR and HDTV disks are not the same as DVD. However if we stick to the original definition then the HD formats technically are DVDs.
2007-03-12 12:57:43 · answer #2 · answered by Philip H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Digital Video Disc
2007-03-12 11:58:51 · answer #3 · answered by Kyle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Doug, digital versatile disc is the original name, although, typically, the uninformed public and media have corrupted it to digital video disc.
2007-03-12 12:27:47 · answer #4 · answered by dmb06851 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Digital Video Disc...not a c.d. disc as you cannot put video on a audio cd ...don't know where versatile came from but it's incorrect.
2007-03-12 12:01:06 · answer #5 · answered by Doug 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is like a VHS tape used to play movies on your TV but instead of tapes, you use cd disks. = no rewinding
2007-03-12 11:54:59 · answer #6 · answered by Alex S 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
digital versatile disc
2007-03-12 11:54:29 · answer #7 · answered by blond s 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋