
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 CHARACTERISTICS22
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: