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MiniDVD

This article is about mini 80mm DVDs. For other uses/misuses of the term including DVD-Video stored on CD ("cDVD" or "Mini-DVD"), and the discs used with the PSP, see MiniDVD (disambiguation)
MiniDVD (disambiguation)

MiniDVD, miniDVD, Mini DVD or Mini-DVD may refer to* MiniDVD, a physically smaller 80mm version of the standard-sized 120mm DVD, often used in camcorders...
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MiniDVD (Mini DVD or miniDVD) is an 80 mm diameter DVD

DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
disc. In normal recording (standard DVD quality), it holds 30 minutes of video or 1.4 GB

Gigabyte

Gigabyte is an SI prefix-multiple of the unit byte for Computer data storage. Since the giga- prefix means 109, gigabyte means 1,000,000,000 bytes ....
of data. Under SLP mode, comparable to VHS

VHS

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MiniDVD (Mini DVD or miniDVD) is an 80 mm diameter DVD

DVD

Gigabyte

VHS

The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard developed by JVC and launched in Europe and Asia in September 1976, and the United States in June 1977....
quality, it can hold 120 minutes of video. It's commonly used in camcorders, but the 80mm size was originally used for music CD singles. It can be played back in most DVD player

DVD player

A DVD player is a device that plays discs produced under both the DVD Video and DVD Audio technical standards, two different and incompatible standards....
s that are tray loaded. The trays on players and DVD drives have an inner ring where the 80mm disc in centered for loading in the player. Slot loading players cannot use this format. The format is also known as a video-single, or DVD single

DVD single

A DVD single is a Single in the form of a DVD. The format was introduced in the late 1990s/early 2000s as a replacement for the VHS single. Although many record companies in the USA refused to issue CD singles, they readily issued DVD singles, and some popular DVD singles include Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This", Jessica Simpson's "With...
, being analogous to the CD single

CD single

A CD single is a single in the form of a standard size compact disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor....
(miniCD) in being a singles

Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
format for music videos. MiniDVDs (80 mm) are known also as "3 inch DVDs," referring to their approximate diameter in inches.

Mini DVD-R/-RW media are available and are marketed for use in some newer, DVD-based camcorders that record directly to the 80 mm DVD disc. Typically, these cameras offer three quality settings in varying bitrates: XP (20 minutes), SP (30 minutes), and LP (60 minutes).

Single Sided Dual Layer DVD+R and DVD-R forms of this media are now available. Released in Q2 of 2006 they boast 2.66 GB of data storage and hold up to 55 mins of continuous, Standard Definition video with recording speeds on a par with DVD-9 DL discs.

Although working out at around £

Pound sterling

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1 (US$2) per gigabyte, they are aimed at the Camcorder market where they will nearly double the length of recording time but are also compatible with DVD

DVD

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

is a global company located in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
used a disc-based format

Nintendo GameCube Game Disc

Nintendo optical discs refer to the optical disc format used to distribute video games released by Nintendo. This includes the Nintendo GameCube Game Disc and Wii Optical Disc....
for their GameCube

Nintendo GameCube

The , is Nintendo's fourth home video game console and is part of the History of video game consoles . It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and predecessor to Nintendo's Wii....
system, which was a variant of an 80 mm DVD.

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