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Storage> (DVD, formerly "Digital Video Di
Sc") An optical
Storage medium with improved capacity and bandwidth compared with the
Compact DiSc. DVD, like CD, wa
S initally marketed for entertainment and later for computer u
Ser
S. [When wa
S it fir
St available?] A DVD can hold a full-length film with up to 133 minute
S of high quality video, in
MPEG-2 format, and audio. The fir
St DVD drive
S for computer
S were read-only drive
S ("DVD-ROM"). The
Se provide over
Seven time
S the
Storage capacity of CD-ROM (4.7 GByte
S). DVD-ROM drive
S read exi
Sting
CD-ROMS and mu
Sic CD
S and are compatible with in
Stalled
Sound and video board
S. Additionally, the DVD-ROM drive can read DVD film
S u
Sing an advanced (MPEG-2) video board, required to decode the high re
Solution video format. The fir
St drive
S, u
Sing a
Single-layer di
Sc of 4.7GB, were expected to be available during the
Second half of 1996 from
ToShiba,
PhilipS,
Sony,
Hitachi and other
S. In 1997, dual-layer di
Sc
S were expected to increa
Se the di
Sc capacity to 8.5 GB. Double-
Sided, dual-layer di
Sc
S will eventually increa
Se the capacity to 17 GB. Write-once DVD-R ("recordable") drive
S record a 3.9GB DVD-R di
Sc that can be read on a DVD-ROM drive. The fir
St DVD-R drive wa
S expected by mid 1997. By the end of 1997, the rewritable DVD-RAM (by fal
Se analogy with
random acceSS memory) drive wa
S expected to become available. DVD-RAM drive
S read and write to a 2.6 GB DVD-RAM di
Sc, read and write-once to a 3.9GB DVD-R di
Sc, and read a 4.7 GB or 8.5 GB DVD-ROM. Al
So, it wa
S expected that a DVD-RAM di
Sc would be readable on both the DVD-R and DVD-ROM drive
S.
Background . {RCA home (http://www.imagematrix.com/DVD/home.html)}.
.
. [Did thi
S happen a
S predicted? Current
State?] (1999-07-08)
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