DVD Demystified

DVD Comparison
TABLE 8.6
Video CD, Super
Video CD (SVCD),
and DVD-Video
Specifications
White Book Super Video CD
379
(Video CD 2.0) (IEC-62107) DVD-Video
Video Component digital Component digital Component digital
MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-2
Playing time 74 min ~About 70 min 2+ h/side (single
layer), 4+ h/side
(dual layer)
Widescreen support Letterboxed a Letterboxed a Anamorphic
Compression ~90:1 (from 8-bit ~40:1 (from 8-bit ~30:1 (from 8-bit
4:2:0) 4:2:0) 4:2:0)
Analog copy None CGMS-A Macrovision,
protection CGMS-A
Digital copy None None CGMS-D
management
525/60 (NTSC) 84,480 pels 230,400 pels 345,600 pels
resolution (352 � 240) (480 � 480) (720 � 480)
625/50 (PAL)
resolution 101,376 pels 276,480 pels 414,720 pels
(352 � 288) (480 � 576) (720 � 576)
Display frame rate b 29.97 (525/60), 29.97 (525/60), 29.97 (525/60),
25 (625/50) 25 (625/50) 25 (625/50)
Graphic overlay Not available 2-bits/pel; 4-color/ 2-bits/pel;
4-transparency 16-color/
CLUTs 16-transparency
CLUTs
Still picture (I frame) 704 � 480 (525/60), 704 � 480 (525/60), 720 � 480 (525/60),
704 � 576 (625/50) 704 � 576 (625/50) 720 � 576 (625/50)
Audio One track of mono, Two tracks of mono, Eight tracks of up to
dual-mono, or stereo dual-mono, stereo, 8 channels each
or 5.1-channels
Uncompressed audio 16-bit 44.1- kHz Not available 16/20/24-bit 48/96-
LPCM (if no video) kHz LPCM
Compressed audio 224 kbps MPEG- 32 to 384 kbps 64 to 448 kbps
1 Layer II (44.1 kHz) VBR MPEG-1 Dolby Digital (48
Layer II or MPEG- kHz) or 64 to 912
2 multichannel kbps MPEG-2 (48
(44.1 kHz) (kHz) or 64 to 384
kbps MPEG-1
Layer II (44.1 kHz)
continues