DVD players and "DVD drives" are both input devices; however, the "player" is a DVD source for a TV or home theater, whereas a "drive" is a peripheral device for a computer. In contrast ...

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When DVDs were introduced in the late 1990s, the media and DVD players had to accommodate the same frame and line specifications of the TV sets in their respective countries, which were still analog.