Is the quality of an SVCD the same as DVD? Is it much better than VCD?

-- Jesus Zazueta (j_m_zazueta@yahoo.com), June 18, 2002

Answers

Generally speaking, the video quality of a SVCD is better than VCD's, but worse than DVD's.

The video rates are shown as following:

VCD: 1.15Kbps SVCD: 2~3Kbps DVD: 1~9.8Kbps

-- Fred (frederic@eltw.nec.com.tw), June 20, 2002.

Generally speaking, the video quality of a SVCD is better than VCD's, but worse than DVD's.

The video rates are shown as following:

VCD: 1.15Mbps SVCD: 2~3Mbps DVD: 1~9.8Mbps

-- Fred (frederic@eltw.nec.com.tw), June 20, 2002.

Actually, it's not worse than DVD, just slightly lower. DVD can hold an entire 2 hour film on one disc whereas for SVCD (a Chinese developed standard) can only hold 35-40 minutes and you'll need 3 discs.

-- (#@#.#), June 20, 2002.

I use Win TZV PVR 250 to make SVCD's and the SVCD are much better quality than VCD. A 700mb CDR only holds 40 mins of SVCD so an average 2 hr movies take 3 700 mb cdr's.

-- Dave P (anoum@anoum.com), June 21, 2002.

Why are Super VCds a rarity? The only list I could find was at http://www.vcdgallery.com It's a pretty limited list at that too. I bought a couple and was satissfied. i asked if they had more to choose from but the answer was no.

-- P.Olly (pollyanna@webnet.com.au), June 24, 2002.

Probally because of the quality difference, and ammount of data that can be held on a svcd vs. a dvd :)

-- Psilocybin (none@noname.net), January 17, 2003.