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DUAL DVDRWs

Dec 17, 2004 7:25AM PST

Does anyone know if there's any company which manufactures Dual Layer DVDRW - or +
Many thanks

Vince

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Dual Layer DVD-RW
Dec 22, 2004 12:22AM PST

I assume you mean Dual Layer DVD-RW media as opposed to recording hardware.

Searching around on the internet, the only thing that I can find is DVD+R. They are about $9 each.

Looks like the media people are behind the curve.
The same thing happened when they came out with 4X DVD burners. There was no media available for several months.

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When I read the sales pitch...
Dec 22, 2004 2:41AM PST

You know..when I see the sales pitches about the dvd burner, I get the feeling that I should be able to use my 4.7G dvd media and get twice the milages. Am I wrong in that?

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DVD Burners
Dec 22, 2004 3:23AM PST

I'm not sure what DVD burner you are referencing.

But you can put more movie content on a standard DVD by compression.

I have a set-top DVD burner (Sansui) which can record in four modes on standard DVD-R/RW media.

Fine - 1 hour
SP - Standard Play - 2 hours
LP - Long Play - 4 hours
EP - Extended Play - 6 hours

When you go to LP or EP, the pictures quality is decreased. The "Fine" setting will give you better than standard quality.

Some computer software will let you do the same thing, using the computer DVD burner.

The dual level burners and media is supposed to give you twice the play of SP (standard play) with the same quality pictures.

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dvd dl
Dec 6, 2005 12:07PM PST

if your looking for dvd dl (two layers on one side) you can find everything you want at www.tigerdirect.com. they have the cheapest that i have seen. memorex 25 pack dvd+r dl 8.5gb for about $55-$60. i just bought 50. they are good.