DVD VCD SVCD Specification

DVD specification	SVCD specification	VCD specification
NTSC: Horzontal width: 352 Vertical height: 240 Frames per second: 29.97 Color depth: 24 or 32 bits PAL: Horzontal width: 352 Vertical height: 288 Frames per second: 25 Color depth: 24 or 32 bits	NTSC: Horzontal width: 720 Vertical height: 480 Frames per second: 29.97 Color depth: 24 or 32 bits PAL: Horzontal width: 720 Vertical height: 576 Frames per second: 25 Color depth: 24 or 32 bits	NTSC: Horzontal width: 480 Vertical height: 480 Frames per second: 29.97 Color depth: 24 or 32 bits PAL: Horzontal width: 480 Vertical height: 576 Frames per second: 25 Color depth: 24 or 32 bits

The DVD sizes can be a bit confusing. There are basically 4 different DVD Sizes,

DVD-5, holds around 4 700 000 000 bytes and that is 4.37 computer GB where 1 kbyte is 1024 bytes* . DVD+R/DVD+RW and DVD-R/DVD-RW supports this format. Also called Single Sided Single Layered. This is the most common DVD Media, often called 4.7 GB Media.

DVD-10, holds around 9 400 000 000 bytes and that is 8.75 computer GB. DVD+R/DVD+RW and DVD-R/DVD-RW supports this format. Also called Double Sided Single Layered.

DVD-9, holds around 8 540 000 000 bytes and that is 7.95 computer GB. DVD+R supports this format. Also called Single Sided Dual Layered. This media is called DVD+R9, DVD+R DL or 8.5 GB Media.

DVD-18, holds around 17 080 000 000 bytes and that is 15.9 computer GB. DVD+R supports this format. Also called Double Sided Dual Layered.

DVD+R/DVD+RW/DVD+R DL and DVD-R/DVD-RW exact sizes
DVD-R/DVD-RW = 4 706 074 624 bytes ( 4488 MB )
DVD+R/DVD+RW = 4 700 372 992 bytes ( 4482 MB )
DVD+R DL = 8 547 993 600 bytes ( 8152 MB )