MiniDVD

{{short description|8-centimeter DVD disc}}

{{about|8 cm DVDs|other uses|MiniDVD (disambiguation)}}

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MiniDVD or 8 cm DVD (also "3 inch DVD") is a DVD disc with a reduced diameter of {{convert|8|cm|in|2}}. It has been most commonly used in camcorders due to its compact size.{{Cite web |date=2005-02-06 |title=Kid Vid and the Mini-DVD |url=https://www.soundandvision.com/news/020405minidvd |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Sound & Vision |language=en}} The most common MiniDVDs are single layered and hold 1.4 GB of data, but there are variants that can offer up to 5.2 GB of storage space, through a combination of dual layers and dual sides.

8 cm DVDs were originally used for music videos and as such became known as DVD single, similarly to how 8 cm optical discs were previously used for music singles on compact discs (i.e. CD single and miniCD). However the MiniDVD format has been mostly used as recordable discs in DVD-based camcorders during the 2000s; a single layer disc can record up to 30 minutes of standard definition video.{{Cite news |last=Biersdorfer |first=J. d |date=2005-02-24 |title=On Only 3 Inches of Disc, 30 Minutes of High-Quality Video |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/24/technology/circuits/on-only-3-inches-of-disc-30-minutes-of-highquality.html |access-date=2023-12-14 |issn=0362-4331}} A number of movies and TV shows have also been released on the format in the mid-2000s, usually targeting children using low-cost small players.

Nintendo used a very similar disc-based format for the GameCube.