CD DVD

Stands for Compact Disc Digital Versatile Disc

DVDs are made with the
CDs are made with the purpose
purpose of holding video files,
Purpose of holding audio files as well as
movies, substantial amount of
program files.
programs, etc.
Media type Optical disc Optical disc
Encoding Various Various
Typically up to 700 MiB (up to DVD can range from 4.7 GB to
Capacity
80 minutes audio) 17.08 GB.
780 nm wavelength (infrared
Read mechanism and red edge) semiconductor 650 nm laser, 10.5 Mbit/s (1×)
laser, 1200 Kib/s (1×)
Write mechanism 1200 Kib/s (1×) 10.5 Mbit/s (1×)
CD-R, CD-RW, CD-Text, CD
+ Graphics, CD + Extended
Graphics, Super Audio CD,
DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-
Types CD-MIDI, CD-ROM, Video
RAM and Blu-Ray.
CD, Super Video CD, Photo
CD, CD-I, Enhanced CD,
VinylDisc and Bootable CD.
Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and
Developed by: Philips, Sony
Panasonic