DVD
Videos
DVD is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kind of digital data and has been wi
The data side of a DVD manufactured by Sony DADC
Kees Schouhamer Immink received a personal technical Emmy award for his contributions to DVD and Blu-ray disc.
PlayStation 2, the first video game console to run DVDs
A DVD-ROM drive for a PC
Compact disc
Videos
The compact disc is a digital optical disc data storage format co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. It employs the Compact Disc Digital Audio standard and is ca
DVD
…used to store video programs (watched using DVD players), software and other computer files. DVDs offer significantly higher storage capacity than compact discs (CD) while having the same dimensions. A standard single-layer DVD can store up to 4.7 GB of data, a dual-layer DVD up to 8.5 GB. Dual-layer, double-sided…
The readable surface of a compact disc is iridescent because it includes a spiral track wound tightly enough to cause light to diffract into a full visible spectrum.
Sony Discman D-E307CK portable CD player with 1-bit DAC
Pits and lands of a compact disc under a microscope