Wired

September, 1995

The DVD DivideTwo digital video disc formats set to debut next summer are vying to replace VHS tape, laser discs and CD-ROMs. One, by Toshiba and Time Warner, is called Super Density DVD; the other, by Sony and Philips, is the high-density multimedia CD. Based on five-inch discs, these variations have the capacity to store up to four and a half hours of better-than-laser-disc-quality video, digital surround sound and multiformat viewing options (4 x 3, letterbox and fullscreen 16 x 9). Both were...