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1.6. I know about VHS and LD, what is VCD and DVD? |
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This article is from the misc anime FAQ, by nikkou with numerous contributions by others.
A DVD looks just like a music CD and is the prefered medium for most of us. (I hear ya Dave, hey, I'm not complaining about tapes! ;) For all your anime DVD needs, please go to: http://www.animeondvd.com/
A VCD looks like just a music CD (deja vu? :) and can carry up to 70 mins worth of MPEG-1 encoded audiovisual. The quality ranges from good VHS to really "Is something wrong with my eyes?" terrible. I have heard there is a Japanese _Neon Genesis Evangelion_ set put out by Gainax, and a Singapore _Gundam 0083_ limited box set. Most VCDs come from Hong Kong and Taiwan, unfortunately there are many bootlegs. In Hong Kong licenced VCDs cost about US$2.50 to US$6. Most of them go for about US$4.
A VCD faq: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2496/vcdfaq.html
--An addition from Ru Igarashi..
There is a SVCD (Super VCD) format which uses MPEG2 on CD (so in a sense it is a cross between a VCD and DVD). It's getting popular in non-professional video circles, but isn't getting the recognition that VCD has in commercial circles. The frame sizes, amongst other specifications, are also different. The maximum amount of video varies depending on the settings (the more video, the lower the quality). VCD lacks a lot of the settings that SVCD has, so it has a fixed maximum storage. See:
http://www.uwasa.fi/~f76998/video/svcd/overview/
I think most (if not all) anime SVCD tend to be bootlegs. SVCD should not be confused with DVD, even though they share many traits.
ru
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