MPEG‑1

(Moving Pictures Experts Group) Pronounced "em‑peg". A standard for compressing video. MPEG is a lossy compression method, which means that some of the original image is lost during the compression stage, which cannot be recreated.

MPEG‑1, which is used in CD-ROMs and Video CDs, provides a resolution of 352x288 at 30 fps with 24‑bit color and CD‑quality sound. Most MPEG boards also provide hardware scaling that boosts the image to full screen. MPEG‑1 requires 1.5 Mbps bandwidth.