The Latest New Age DVD Players
A standard CD-Rom could hold only 700 MB of data. Later on CDs with more storage space were manufactured but failed to attract the attention of the buyer. Additional storage space meant an increase of 50 to 60 MB, which was not much considering the data requirement of the end user. So, a new removable storage medium was required to suffice the need of the consumers. DVD technology or Digital Video Disk simply transformed the whole data storage concept. Computers played all forms of DVDs with compatible players but DVD Players played only a selected format.
What is a DVD player? Simply, it is a player or device that is able to play two different standards, DVD video and DVD audio. The player has to be connected to the TV for the display. Some devices come with mini LCD screens, which are there as a smaller counterpart of the TV set.
The new age DVD players succeeded the present breed of DVD media. Blu-ray disk player and HD DVD players are the two trying to capture the consumers with their upgraded quality and high storage space.
DVD players run on the MPEGII standard of video compression. For a standard VCD compression, the CODEC used was MPEGI technology also known as MPEG format. 1 minute of video took 10 MB space. The MPEGII format support a much higher bit rate to give a constant quality for both video and audio.
New age DVD players support more formats like DivX, Xvid and x264. All are compressive technologies giving sharper pictures at lower bit rates. Another compression catching on is the h264 standard also known as MPEG IV part 10 with Advanced Video Coding.
New age DVD players are the ones that are capable of playing the next
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