by apx_swishy January 6, 2022

by nukewales March 9, 2024

A version of the CD that can play video. Video CDs were very popular in Asia until DVDs became affordable there, and many DVD players can also play VCDs.
Person 1: "Why are you still using Video CDs? They're useless in today's world thanks to DVDs and Blu-Rays."
Person 2: "All my videos from the 90s are on Video CDs, and none of my computers have a VCD drive..."
Person 2: "All my videos from the 90s are on Video CDs, and none of my computers have a VCD drive..."
by mrqwerty567 July 22, 2024

What some people consider the holy grail of physical media, although BD-RE (Blu-Ray Rewritable) discs exist and hold up to 128 GB compared to CD-RW's 700 MB (0.7 GB for scale). Also, CD-RW was made after DVD came out (although DVD-RW didn't exist for a while afterward).
1: "Just got a CD-RW to hold all my photos."
2: "Just get a BD-RE. Same space, more storage."
3: "Physical media? Just. Use. Cloud storage."
2: "Just get a BD-RE. Same space, more storage."
3: "Physical media? Just. Use. Cloud storage."
by mrqwerty567 June 7, 2025

by my tiktok is .st3g0s4urus September 21, 2021
