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Video CDA compact disc format used to hold full-motion video developed by Matsushita, Philips, Sony and JVC and introduced in 1993. A Video CD (VCD) holds 74 minutes of VHS-quality video and CD-quality sound using MPEG-1 compression. A Super Video CD (SVCD) format was introduced that uses MPEG-2, but playing time is reduced to as little as 35 minutes. Introduced three years before the first DVD players were available, VCDs did not catch on in North America, but were very popular in Asia. Video CDs can be played on current-day CD-ROM and DVD drives as well as CD-I and 3DO players. Specifications for this format are defined in the "White Book." See DVD.
Video CD Resolutions
VCD SVCD
NTSC (30 fps) 352x240 480x480
PAL/SECAM (25 fps) 352/288 480x576
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The battery will last for three hours, and the machine will happily play back DVDs, SVCDs, music CDs, video CDs and CD-R/RW discs. This is important in producing video CDs or CDs with DVD content because many older DVD players cannot play CD-Rs, but they can play CD-RW discs. Pirated video CDs of ``Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' are widely available in shopping malls in Hong Kong for between $3 and $4, a fraction of the cost of movie tickets. |
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