Screening formats guide

DVD
  • The most common standard, used in all productions, is also one of the least trustworthy standards.
  • quality
    02
  • reliability
    04
  • flexibility
    10
  • widespread in big cinemas
    07
  • widespread in small cinemas
    10
Benefits
  • Cheap and universally used
  • Easy to view
Disadvantages
  • Standard definition only: 400 000 pixels (compared to 2 million pixels in HD)
  • Often wired in analog
  • Extremely high compression of the image
  • Requires mastering to get the best quality possible