Video CDs
The Video CD standard was created in 1993 by Sony, Philips, Matsushita and JVC, and is referred to as the White Book standard. The MPEG-1 format was also released the same year.
Video CDs (also known as VCDs, and Compact Disc Digital Video) are a home video format, and the first format for distributing films on standard 120 mm optical discs.
It was widely adopted in Southeast Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East, outselling VHS and Betamax systems there, until DVD-Video finally became affordable in the early 2000s.
VCDs are playable in dedicated VCD players and most DVD players, PCs, and some video game consoles. However, due to the use of an older MPEG-1 format, they are less likely to work a Blu-ray player, Sony PlayStation or Xbox due to lack of backward compatibility.
