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Frequent Ask Questions

These are intended to be brief answers to basic questions. 

1. What is MagicVideo CD?
   MagicVideo CD  is a new service used to store high-resolution images that have been captured on 35mm or APS film and digitized by a film scanner.
   
   Its resolution is 704x480 (NTSC) 
   
   You can play MagicVideo CDs on a  dedicated Video CD player (that supports CD-R and VCD format version 2.0) connected to a TV.  Some DVD players that support CD-R can also play MagicVideo CDs.
   
   The following information on DVD players is taken from customers' feedback.

   DVD Players  that are compatible to MagicVideo CD	DVD Players  that are NOT compatible to MagicVideo CD
   3rd Generation Toshiba DVD player Apex AD-600A Panasonic dvd-L10 Panasonic dvd-P10 Panasonic DVD-A310 Philips DVD825 Pioneer DVL-909 Pioneer DVD-515 Pioneer DV414 Pay Pioneer DVL-919 Pioneer DV525 Pioneer DV-525 Pioneer DV-K302CD DVD Pioneer DV606D Sony DVP -S7700 Sony DSP-300 DVD player Sony DVP-500D	Panasonic DVD-A112 Panasonic DVD-A300 Panasonic A-120 Philips DVD815AT Pioneer DVD 505 Pioneer DV-505  RCA 5500P RCA 5210 DVD player RCA 5200 Sony DVP-s550d Sony DVP-S725 Sony DVPs-530D Sony DVP-S530D Toshiba 3109 Toshiba 3108

    

2. What is the media for MagicVideo CD?
   CD-R.
   CD-R is short for "CD-Recordable". Recordable CDs are WORM (Write Once, Read Multiple) media that work just like standard CDs. The advantage of CD-R over other types of optical media is that you can use the discs with a standard CD player. The disadvantage is that you can't reuse a disc.
   
    A related technology called CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) allows you to erase discs and reuse them, but the CD-RW media doesn't work in all players.
   
3. Are MagicVideo CDs  identical to normal CDs?
   The CDs you buy in a store are pressed from a mold. MagicVideo CDs (CD-Rs) are burned with a laser.