DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVDs. DVD-Video was the dominant consumer home video format in most of the world in the 2000s. As of 2026, it continues to compete w
An optical disc is a flat, usually disc-shaped object that stores information in the form of physical variations on its surface that can be read with a beam of light. Optical discs can be reflective,
The optical lens of a compact disc drive
Optical discs are not vulnerable to water.
An earlier analog optical disc recorded in 1935 for Lichttonorgel [de] (sampling organ)