DVD-Video

Pre-streaming movie format

DVD-Video is the standard format for storing video content on DVDs, developed in the mid-1990s as a successor to VHS tapes.

The format supports multiple audio tracks, subtitles, and interactive menus.

DVD-Video dominated home entertainment from roughly 1997 to 2010, before streaming and Blu-ray displaced it: We still have a shelf full of DVD-Videos from the early 2000s.

format

disc

Flat circular object

  • MPEG-2Digital video compression standard
  • menuList of available dishes
  • chapterDivision of a book

title · region code · CSS · widescreen · letterbox · pan-and-scan · aspect ratio · interlaced · 480i · bitrate

media

rental

Paid temporary use

shelf · case · jewel box · sleeve · boxed set · season · series · marathon · binge · home theater

playback

player

Game participant

  • remoteDistant or controller
  • pauseTemporary cessation of activity
  • skipTo deliberately exclude

fast-forward · rewind · commentary · behind-the-scenes · deleted scenes · special edition · director's cut · theatrical cut · autoplay · loop

technology

laser

Concentrated light device

  • opticalOf vision or light
  • pitFruit's hard seed
  • landEarth's solid surface

polycarbonate · reflective · read-only · recordable · rewritable · burner · ripping · copying · compression · deinterlacing

history

VHS

Analog tape format

Toshiba · Philips · Sony · standard · adoption · transition · obsolescence · Blu-ray · streaming · physical media

Opposites
media format generation

DVD-VideoBlu-ray

High-definition optical media

HD DVD · VHS · Betamax · LaserDisc · VCD

physical vs. digital distribution

DVD-Videostreaming

Real-time digital delivery

video on demand · digital download · Netflix · cloud storage · VOD

optical disc vs. magnetic tape

DVD-VideoVHS

Analog tape format

Betamax · VHS tape · videotape · VHS-C · cassette tape

Family

DVD, video, videos, videotape, videotaped, videotaping, videography, videographer

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G