What format are films/movies stored on DVD?

[FP]

Are most films stored at 480p/24 on the disc or 480p/30?

Are most videos (TV shows, etc) stored at 480i/60?

I can't seem to find a definitive answer.

 

[SLCentral]

AFAIK, all DVD's are stored as 480i/30, and the DVD player (at least a progressive scan one) will convert it to 480p.

 

[Quasmo]

Originally posted by: SLCentral
AFAIK, all DVD's are stored as 480i/30, and the DVD player (at least a progressive scan one) will convert it to 480p.

They are about 10 formats you can store a movie on DVD.

 

[FP]

Originally posted by: Quasmo

Originally posted by: SLCentral
AFAIK, all DVD's are stored as 480i/30, and the DVD player (at least a progressive scan one) will convert it to 480p.

They are about 10 formats you can store a movie on DVD.

Most common?

 

[myocardia]

Most TV shows are pressed to DVD in their original recorded format. So, for older TV shows (until the late 90's), they'll be in 480i/29.97 fps. For all movies made since ~1980, they'll be in 480p/24 fps. And for newer TV shows, that were filmed in hi-def, they're usually in 480p/29.97 fps, although some studios might convert to 480p/24 fps, to help them squeeze a bit more onto each disk. Most just add "extras" to the last disk, though, instead of trying to eek out with one fewer disk, since most people expect those extras, these days.

 

[Shawn]

good info