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- This article is about 8 cm DVDs. For other uses, see MiniDVD (disambiguation).
Conventional 12cm disc (left) compared to 8cm disc (right)
MiniDVD (Mini DVD or miniDVD) is a DVD disc having 8 cm in diameter.
The 8 cm optical disc format was originally used for music CD singles, hence the commonly used names CD single and miniCD. Similarly, the manufactured 8 cm DVDs were originally used for music videos and as such became known as DVD single.
MiniDVD is known also as "3 inch DVD", referring to its approximate diameter in inches.
A MiniDVD can be played back in most Blu Ray and DVD players that are tray loaded. The trays on players and DVD drives have an inner ring where the 8 cm disc is centered for loading in the player. Most slot loading players cannot use this format; there are exceptions, however, such as the PlayStation 3 and the Wii, but not the Wii U. Both officially support 8 cm discs.
Recordable 8 cm discs are commonly used in DVD-based camcorders. Depending on variant, these discs can offer up to 5.2 GB of storage space.
Physical size Single layer capacity Dual/Double layer capacity 12 cm, single sided 4.7 GB 8.5 GB 12 cm, double sided 9.4 GB 17 GB 8 cm, single sided 1.4 GB 2.66 GB 8 cm, double sided 2.8 GB 5.2 GB Nintendo used a disc-based format for their GameCube system, which was a variant of an 8 cm DVD. This format is also supported by the Wii.
See also
- Blu-ray Disc
- CD Video
- DVD
- DVD Card
- HD DVD
- Laserdisc
- Nintendo optical disc
- Universal Media Disc (UMD)
- Video CD (VCD)
- VideoNow
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Video storage formats Videotape Quadruplex (1956) · VERA (1958) · Sony 2 inch helical VTR (1961) · Ampex 2 inch helical VTR (1962) · Type A (1965) · CV-2000 (1965) · Akai (1967) · U-matic (1969) · EIAJ-1 (1969) · Cartrivision (1972) · Philips VCR (1972) · V-Cord (1974) · VX (1974) · Betamax (1975) · IVC (1975) · Type B (1976) · Type C (1976) · VHS (1976) · VK (1977) · SVR (1979) · Video 2000 (1980) · CVC (1980) · VHS-C (1982) · M (1982) · Betacam (1982) · Video8 (1985) · MII (1986) · S-VHS (1987) · S-VHS-C (1987) · Hi8 (1989) ·
D1 (1986) · D2 (1988) · D3 (1991) · DCT (1992) · Digital Betacam (1993) · D5 (1994) · Digital-S (D9) (1995) · Betacam SX (1996) · Digital8 (1999) · MicroMV (2001) ·
High DefinitionVideodisc AnalogDigitalHigh DefinitionMUSE Hi-Vision LD (1994) · HD DVD (2006) · Blu-ray Disc (2006) · HVD (Holographic Versatile Disc) (2007) · CBHD (2008)
Digital Media agnosticTapelessVideo recorded to film Kinescope (1947) · Electronicam kinescope (1950s) · Electronic Video Recording (1967)
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