DVDs are made for and in consumer video formats and are used for storing digital videos on the discs. DVDs were the most dominant and popular form of video format in many parts of the world, starting from Asia to Europe to North America. After the early 2000s, however, DVDs began to be overshadowed by the new form of media called streaming!
Discs that use the DVD video format, need to have an MPEG 2 decoder that is maybe a computer disc drive or something similar for you to play the disc on. Commercial DVD movies or videos are encoded. They do so by combining MPEG-2 compressed audio and video of different formats. They are often in multichannel formats as well.
So, are DVDs in 1080p?
The DVD standards regarding the video qualities, were made before the idea of 1080p images was present or even thought of. Hence the standard video quality that most DVDs have is 480p. The only discs that are sure to work on DVD players are the ones that have the standard video format of DVDs. Since DVDs are only in 480p then the video that you have on your discs might be more blurry or not as crisp as what you are used to if you normally watch shows in a higher quality format.
Blu-Rays do have higher quality videos normally of 720p or 1080p but normally they are more expensive and they require a special Blu-Ray player to use to pull the higher quality picture off of the disc. Newer technologies debut every day now it seems and with the help of science, it would not be as much of a difficult thing to imagine much higher quality videos being produced in the future.
Generally, the transmission speed for DVDs ranges from 3 to 9 Mbit/s. This bit rate is subject to adaption as and when required. Now 1080p means the quality of the image or video that the DVD provides. 1080p is just a collection of high-definition modes of videos. It is characterized by a total of 1,920 pixels that are displayed across the screen of your device horizontally and again 1,080 pixels vertically.
A common question that arises here is what is “p”? The p here denotes for progressive scan. In this article, we are going to discuss and dive into such similar details regarding the DVD video qualities. So scroll down and read along to know more about the ever so broadly used DVDs and learn all about what is underneath those shiny layers.
DVDs- all you need to know about them
Let us first run ourselves through what exactly is a DVD. We all are quite well versed with how it works and some of us may even know how to deal with some preliminary technical problems regarding the discs and disc drives. But we want to take a sneak peek into the basic information regarding the DVDs, how they work when they were invented, how they were then spread across the world and so on:
First and foremost DVD is an abbreviated version for digital video diss or digital versatile disc. It is an optical disc storage format that was invented and thereafter developed in the year of 1995 and after that released on the market near the end of the year in 1996. The best part about this whole storage format is that it can store a variety of data starting from video games to movies to any kind of videos and so on.
It can even be used to store different software as well. While being the same size as compact discs, DVDs have a much higher storage capacity than CDs.
By using molding machines, pre-recorded DVDs can be produced in large amounts in short periods of time. The machines physically stamp the required data on to the DVDs. Such discs are, however, read-only formats, which means that the data on that DVD can only be read but not rewritten or erased. You can use blank recordable DVDs for storing or creating home movies but you will often want to use DVD+R or DVD-R so that the DVDs can be used over and over again in the future.
DVDs that are produced with movies and TV shows on them will normally only be in read only format to prevent people from accidentally erasing the content.
DVDs also have a good quality of video and audio. We will be discussing further regarding the video aspect of the DVDs and as for the audio that they produce, is quite high quality as well. The most impressive part of it all is that the era in which the DVD was invented, technology was not as advanced as it is today. The accomplishment hence is a much greater feat than we can ever think of.
Longevity refers to the time toll in which the data in the discs exist in their intact format. DVDs as storage mediums are one of the best available so far. Of course, you need DVD drives or maybe some other similar device that can read the information on them, which is however with time feel to have become extinct. It is not that much of a surprise either as with technology taking bigger and much more gigantic leaps, newer and more efficient protocols are bound to replace the older ones.
Even to date DVDs preserve data for long periods, provided you take good care of the discs.
Maintaining your DVDs includes keeping the disc away from direct heat or high temperatures. Also, take care not to keep it in moist places either and of course away from water or any other fluids. Maintain these little things and you got yourself a long-lasting storage medium.
Are DVD videos 1080p?
One of the very common questions asked is that can a DVD have contents of high definition. In other words, is it possible to watch HD movies of 1080p on your DVDs? The answer is yes. You can store and watch 1080p on DVDs. You just need to burn the file to it. Then you can just use a device such as a computer, laptop, or any other similar device with a DVD drive in it.
Although it is technically possible for DVDs to have 1080p quality videos on them they most commonly have 480p video quality. That is because the storage space needed for a 1080p movie would be too much for the disc to hold and so it would require using multiple discs to hold a single movie. To get higher quality movies or TV shows you would have to go up to a Blu-Ray disc which will normally have 720p or 1080p quality on it.
Conclusion
So, there you go with the information that will now help you deal with problems arising with such storage devices. Taking proper care of your DVDs would serve you a long way. The information you store in them retain their quality and quantity both for quite long periods and all you need is a device designed to read the information on them and you are good to go.
If you are concerned with getting the highest quality viewing experience as possible then you will want to go to using only Blu-Ray discs or to use a streaming service that allows the highest quality video formats to be streamed. DVDs are a cheap way to enjoy your favorite movie or TV show but as our TVs become more and more clear and able to handle higher quality video the DVD format continues to show its age by not being able to fit the highest quality videos on them.
