Disc Protection and DVD Characteristics
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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 12cm
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