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Old 05-08-2002, 21:29
malibu
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any one know what the pros and cons are of both formats ive seen VCDs
around are they as good as DVDs whats tyhe image quality like better then vhs? i think you can play them in dvd players as well
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Old 05-08-2002, 22:20
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VCD - mpeg1, same quality as VHS. Good for burning "home" movies onto cheap CDR's and playing them in most DVD players. Good points are that you can create them yourself using a normal cd recorder drive and create menus and stuff. Bad point is they can only hold as much data as a CD and are only as good quality as VHS.

DVD - mpeg2, same encoding as digital TV but almost always better quality because they have a higher bitrate. Good points are amazing quality, huge ammount of space to store on the discs, double sided, double layered etc. Can have menus and all sorts. Only bad thing really is that you cannot create them yourself without forking out on expensive burner equipment.
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Old 06-08-2002, 11:45
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VCDs can be much higher quality than VHS... i have seen some amazing vcd encodes that really were top notch.

dont forget SVCDs... they hold even less on a cd, but their quality is approaching dvd if encoded properly.
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Old 09-08-2002, 20:53
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Video CD. I have had a DVD player for a few years now, and only got to try a VCD in it last week! Well, it works. But it doesn't have interactive functions like dvd. But the main problem is the low capacity of the disc. I dont think most movies will fit on 1 disc. For quality, it's not dvd, but it would be good enough for time shift recording. I think Philips are just launching 2 dvd machines that wont play VCD's. My Playstation 2 certainly wont play them.
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Old 10-08-2002, 02:24
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Originally posted by Dave RJR
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I think Philips are just launching 2 dvd machines that wont play VCD's. My Playstation 2 certainly wont play them.
There are two types of VCD.
Home produced and factory pressed, a dvd player that doesn't like cdr meda won't play a home made VCD but will play a "proper" VCD after all it's an offical format and sells very well in the far east where Video tape due to it's limitations in a hot/humid climate never took off.

it may be the some DVD player manufacturers are enabling their firmware to block VCD playback as a precaution againest claims of supporting piracy even though most "pirate" films are burnt as DVD's and not as VCD's on CDR media.
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Old 10-08-2002, 18:35
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a vcd can hold 57 min of video and an svcd can hold 37 min.
you can put a decent quality movie on 2 vcd's or a dvd quality movie on 3-4 svcd's. LOTR uses 4 svcds, because its so long.
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Old 10-08-2002, 19:07
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VCD's can hold 74 or 80 mins of video (more if overburned) and svcds can vary since a VBR can be used but usually between 35 and 60 mins a disc.
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