Toshiba had been using the name 'digital video disc', but that was switched to 'digital versatile disc' after computer companies complained that it left out their applications." The Oxford English Dictionary comments that, "In 1995, rival manufacturers of the product initially named digital video disc agreed that, in order to emphasize the flexibility of the format for multimedia applications, the preferred abbreviation DVD would be understood to denote digital versatile disc." The OED also states that in 1995, "The companies said the official name of the format will simply be DVD. DVDs containing other types of information may be referred to as DVD data discs. ĭVDs are used in DVD-Video consumer digital video format and in DVD-Audio consumer digital audio format as well as for authoring DVD discs written in a special AVCHD format to hold high definition material (often in conjunction with AVCHD format camcorders). Rewritable DVDs ( DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM) can be recorded and erased many times. Blank recordable DVD discs ( DVD-R and DVD+R) can be recorded once using a DVD recorder and then function as a DVD-ROM. Such discs are a form of DVD-ROM because data can only be read and not written or erased. Prerecorded DVDs are mass-produced using molding machines that physically stamp data onto the DVD. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than compact discs while having the same dimensions.
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Currently allowing up to 17.08 GB of storage, the medium can store any kind of digital data and was widely used for software and other computer files as well as video programs watched using DVD players. The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format invented and developed in 1995 and released in late 1996.
The data side of a DVD manufactured by Sony DADCĭVD-ROM and DVD-R(W) use one encoding, DVD-RAM and DVD+R(W) uses anotherĤ.7 GB (single-sided, single-layer – common)