Video CD, or VCD, is a movie format that was introduced by Philips and Sony in 1993. It's basically a predecessor of the DVD format.
VCD quality is comparable to SVHS tapes.
A single disc can hold about 70 minutes of video. You can play VCDs back on a TV with a Video CD player, or on a fast PC with a CD-ROM drive. Most Newer Model DVD players can also play VCDs. Windows Media Player , free, from Microsoft . In practice, picture quality when using a VCD player may somehow be almost as good as laser disc, depending on the encoding.