Compact Disc Video

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Storage medium
CD Video (CDV / CD-V / CD + V)
CD Video Disc.jpg
Golden CD Video
General
Type Optical storage medium
capacity 20 min audio + 5 min video
size 12 cm (diameter)
use Audio / video
origin
Launch 1987

CD Video (also known as CDV , CD-V , or CD + V ) was a format introduced in 1987. It combined the technologies of compact discs and laser discs .

CD-V singles were the same size as ordinary audio CDs and could be played on CD players. In contrast to the CD, the new format could only record audio information for a duration of 20 minutes of sound. In addition, CDVs also contained up to five minutes of analog video information including digital CD sound, which could be played on newer laser disc players that were compatible with the CDV format. One of the first laser disc player who could play the new format, the CLD-1010 the company Pioneer from since 1987.

In addition, there was the CD-V-EP with a diameter of 20 cm, a format with two times 20 minutes of picture and sound and a CD-V-LP with a diameter of 30 cm for two times 60 minutes of picture and sound. Corresponding players, including the larger discs, were available in stores from mid-1989 for around 1500 DM.

CD-Video discs have a distinctive golden color that sets them apart from ordinary silver audio CDs.

The CDV format should not be confused with the digital MPEG -based Video CD format, which only came out a few years later, namely in 1993.

The new format could only hold its own in the market for a few years and finally disappeared in 1991.

credentials

  1. ^ Digital audio modulation in the PAL and NTSC video disc formats, J. Audio Eng. Soc. vol. 32 , pp. 883, 1984.

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