A DVD or Digital Versatile Disc is the most popular Music and Movies storage media. It stores audio, video and data. A huge storing capacity, digital quality, sturdiness and economy of price have made it the popular choice.

It is also known as Digital Video Disc. It has the same dimensions as that of a compact disc. It storing capacity is comparetively huge. It stores nearly six times more data than a compact disc.

It stores 4.7 Giga Bytes of audio, video or data and dual layer ones can store upto 8.5 giga bytes of data! Storing capacity of a compact disc is only 700 mega bytes.

It is much more sturdier than a cd. New technology has made it almost scratch proof and shock proof. It is also known as dvd in short form. Any music, video or data stored on a dvd is very safe as it is highly damage proof.

An audio dvd is formatted specially for storage of music, tunes and songs. Digital quality of sound is highly pure and distinct. It gives ultimate pleasure to the listener. It requires a dvd player to run the dvd.

A video dvd is formatted for storing video or movie. It gives great digital quality. It provides sheer pleasure to the watcher by giving superb audio visual effects. It has become a popular choice for storing movies.

All types of data can be stored on a dvd apart from music and movies. Huge data can be safely stored on a dvd. It is being increasingly used for data storage.

All major corporation around the world namely, Toshiba, Hitachi, Time Warner, Matsushita Electric, Mitsubishi, and many others are producing dvd on a mass scale. Hence, it has become affordable to the ordinary people.

Summary: DVD or digital versatile media has become the popular music and movie storage choice due to its huge storing capacity, safety and economy.

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