The China Video Disc (CVD), developed in the late 1990s, is a Chinese government-sponsored competitor to the SVCD standard. CVDs use variable bitrate MPEG2 video encoded at 352x480 (NTSC) or 352x576 (PAL) rather than 480x480 (NTSC) or 480x576 (PAL) as with SVCDs. This lower resolution allows for video to be encoded at a lower bitrate without artifacting, which means longer videos are possible. CVDs are compatible with most DVD players sold in the United States.