Video quality

• 16 kbit/s – videophone quality

• 128 – 384 kbit/s –videoconferencing quality

• 1.15 Mbit/s max – VCD quality (using MPEG1 compression)

• 3.5 Mbit/s typ - Standard-definition television quality
  (with bit-rate reduction from MPEG-2 compression)

• 9.8 Mbit/s max – DVD (using MPEG2 compression)

• 8 to 15 Mbit/s typ – HDTV quality
  (with bit-rate reduction from MPEG-4 AVC compression)

• 19 Mbit/s approximate - HDV 720p (using MPEG2 compression)

• 24 Mbit/s max - AVCHD (using MPEG4 AVC compression)

• 25 Mbit/s approximate - HDV 1080i (using MPEG2 compression)

• 29.4 Mbit/s max – HD DVD

• 40 Mbit/s max – Blu-ray Disc (using MPEG2, AVC or VC-1 compression)