DVD-Video

DVD-Video
Logo used since 2001
Media typeOptical disc
CapacityUp to 8.5 GB (4 hours at typical bit rates)
StandardDVD Books, Part 3, DVD-Video Book (Book B), DVD Video Recording Book[1][2][3]
Developed byDVD Forum
UsageVideo storage
Extended fromLaserDisc
Video CD
Extended toHD DVD
Blu-ray Disc
ReleasedNovember 1, 1996 (1996-11-01) (Japan)[4]
March 26, 1997 (1997-03-26) (United States)
Other logo used from 1997 to 2001 (although some DVDs from 2001 to 2003 and some pirated DVDs made after 2001 still carry this logo)

DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVDs. DVD-Video was the dominant consumer home video format in Asia, North America,[5] Europe, and Australia in the 2000s until it was supplanted by the high-definition Blu-ray Disc. Discs using the DVD-Video specification require a DVD drive and an MPEG-2 decoder (e.g., a DVD player, or a computer DVD drive with a software DVD player). Commercial DVD movies are encoded using a combination of MPEG-2 compressed video and audio of varying formats (often multi-channel formats as described below). Typically, the data rate for DVD movies ranges from 3 to 9.5 Mbit/s, and the bit rate is usually adaptive. DVD-Video was first available in Japan on November 1, 1996 (with major releases beginning December 20, 1996),[4] followed by a release on March 26, 1997 in the United States—to line up with the 69th Academy Awards that same day.[6]

The DVD-Video specification was created by DVD Forum and can be obtained from DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation for a fee of $5,000.[7][8] The specification is not publicly available and every subscriber must sign a non-disclosure agreement. Certain information in the DVD Book is proprietary and confidential.[7]

  1. ^ DVD FLLC (2009-02) "DVD Book Construction – List of All Available DVD Books". Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  2. ^ DVD FLLC "DVD Format Book – History of Supplements for DVD Books". Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  3. ^ MPEG.org, "DVD Books Overview" Archived May 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  4. ^ a b Taylor, Jim (March 21, 1997). "DVD Frequently Asked Questions (with answers!)". Video Discovery. Archived from the original on March 29, 1997. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  5. ^ Bakalis, Anna (June 20, 2003). "It's Unreel: DVD Rentals Overtake Videocassettes". The Washington Times. Retrieved December 17, 2006.
  6. ^ Copeland, Jeff B. (March 23, 1997). "Oscar Day Is Also DVD Day". E! Online. Archived from the original on April 11, 1997. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  7. ^ a b DVD FLLC (2009) "DVD Format Book". Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  8. ^ DVD FLLC (2009) "How to Obtain DVD Format/Logo License (2005–2009)". Retrieved 2009-08-14.