What is DVD?

DVD once stood for Digital Video Disc or digital versatile disc, but now it just stands for Digital Versatile Disc -- the next generation of optical disc storage technology. DVD is essentially a bigger, faster CD that can hold cinema-like video.

DVD aims to capture home entertainment, computers, and business information with a single digital format, eventually replacing audio CD, videotape, laserdisc, CD-ROM, and video game cartridges.

Quality

DVD has the capability to produce near-studio-quality video and better-than-CD-quality audio. DVD is vastly superior to consumer videotape and generally better than laserdisc.

Widespread

DVD has widespread support from all major electronics companies, all major computer hardware companies, and all major movie and music studios. With this unprecedented support, DVD has become the most successful consumer electronics product of all time in less than three years of its introduction.