The
White Book refers to a standard of
compact disc that stores not only
sound but also still
pictures and motion
video. It was released in 1993 by
Sony,
Philips,
Matsushita, and
JVC. These discs, most commonly found in
Asia, are usually called "
Video CDs" (VCD). In some ways, VCD can be thought of as the successor to the
Laserdisc and the predecessor to
DVD. Note that Video CD should not be confused with
CD Video which was an earlier and entirely different format.