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Mirsky - 02 Jul 2008 20:30 GMT

Hi. How are all the DVD formats that the Mac supports different from
each other?

DVD-R
DVD-R DL
DVD-RW
DVD+R
DVD+R DL
DVD+RW

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Mirsky

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Tim Lance - 02 Jul 2008 20:57 GMT

> Hi. How are all the DVD formats that the Mac supports different from
> each other?
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> Mirsky

Troll?

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Mike Rosenberg - 02 Jul 2008 21:34 GMT

> Hi. How are all the DVD formats that the Mac supports different from
> each other?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd

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Gregory Weston - 02 Jul 2008 23:19 GMT

> Hi. How are all the DVD formats that the Mac supports different from
> each other?
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> Mirsky

If it says RW it's erasable. If it says DL it's dual-layer (and double
the capacity). It it's got a + it's optimized for random access (optimal
for data) as opposed to linear access (optimized for movies) although
either format can hold either kind of content.

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