DVD player

Movie disc machine

A DVD player is a device that reads and plays DVDs, the optical discs that largely replaced VHS tapes for home video in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

DVD players connect to televisions and have mostly been superseded by streaming services and Blu-ray players, though many households still own them: The DVD player is gathering dust since we got Netflix.

Related

play · play button · pause button · upscaling · HDMI · tray · audio · eject · VHS · optical drive · region code · laser · Blu-ray · remote control · stop · firmware · start · video

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Opposites
media delivery method

DVD playerstreaming device

Hardware for internet television

Roku · Apple TV · Chromecast · streaming service · Netflix

technological era

DVD playerVCR

Tape-based video recorder

VHS player · streaming box · 8-track player · film projector

media recording vs. playback

DVD playerDVD recorder

Device for saving video

DVD burner · camcorder · video camera

Family

player, playing, played, plays, players, replay, DVD, playlist, playable

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G