DVD Vs. VCD

Recetly there was a discussion about VCD and DVD. Here's a summary of what you ought to know:

VCD's look like a regular CD. Using special compression (1:30), VCD's offer picture quality footage/images that is far superior to the standard CD ROM's or VHS tapes. Each VCD can support up to one hour of playing time with full CD-quality stereo sound. VCDs can be played on a VCD-aware CD player, on most DVD players, and on any Macintosh or PC with MPEG software installed. (MPEG software, Active Movie Control, is a standard multimedia component within Windows, or you can download it free.) DVD's also look like regular CD's. However, DVD's can hold more than 4 G.B. of data vs. VCD's 650 MB. Thus, DVD's offer the best audio and video quality.