CHAPTER 8DVD

The DVD format is a successor to the CD, and also creates new market opportunities for digital optical disc technology. DVD improves on the CD in all respects and in particular provides larger storage capacity and faster reading and writing. The technological improvement provided by the DVD specification allows filmmakers, musicians, and programmers to expand their creative horizons beyond old data carriers, and lets users enjoy the result. For everyone, DVD provides greatly upgraded capacity and flexibility of data storage. In particular, compared to previous consumer video formats, the DVD provides a significant improvement in the video and sound quality of the playback of motion pictures.

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