The future of CD technology .1. Next-generation compact discs

The second generation of compact disc technology - based on DVD, or digital versatile disc, format, - will be unveiled later this year or early in 1997 through a range of DVD products, including DVD movie players and DVD-ROM drivers. The rate at which the first-generation DVD players plays back data - 11 million bits per second - matches that of a fast 9X CD-ROM player, setting new benchmark for performance. As CDs already do, DVDs can store music, films, games and other multimedia packages, but will contain far more and will play it back with better quality.