Editing Video CD (section)

===In North America===
Video CDs were unable to gain acceptance as a mainstream format in [[North America]], chiefly because the established VHS format was less expensive, offered comparable video quality, and could be recorded over.<ref name="NGen3" /> The advent of [[CD-R|recordable CDs]], inexpensive recorders, and compatible DVD players spurred VCD acceptance in the US in the late 1990s and early 2000s.<ref name="nytfoothold">{{cite news| first = Scot | last = Meyer | title =  Versatile Video CD's Get a Foothold in U.S. | date=April 26, 2001 |work= [[New York Times]] | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/26/technology/versatile-video-cd-s-get-a-foothold-in-us.html| access-date = 2008-02-12 }}</ref> However, DVD burners and DVD-Video recorders were available by that time, and equipment and media costs for making DVD-Video fell rapidly. DVD-Video, with its longer run time and much higher quality, quickly overshadowed VCD in areas that could afford it. In addition many early DVD players could not read recordable (CD-R) media,<ref>{{cite web|first=Hugh |last=Bennett |title=DVD-ROM and CD-R: the compatibility question answered - includes related article on reading mixed media |date=March 1998 |publisher=Emedia Professional |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FXG/is_n3_v11/ai_20324077 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712150805/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FXG/is_n3_v11/ai_20324077 |archive-date=2012-07-12 }}</ref> and this limited the compatibility of home-made VCDs.