This document summarizes the history and types of CDs and DVDs. It discusses how they are manufactured by creating a glass master that is used to injection mold the discs out of polycarbonate. It describes the differences between CDs and DVDs in terms of size, data storage capacity, and technology. CDs can store 700MB of data while DVDs can store up to 17GB. The document also compares high definition formats Blu-ray and HD-DVD in terms of storage capacity, with Blu-ray having higher capacity of up to 200GB compared to HD-DVD's 60GB maximum.