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dvd /cd

by prensessp May 26, 2005 12:16AM PDT

what does dual layer dvd /cd rw mean

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It means that it will read and write to

by Ray Harinec May 26, 2005 5:55AM PDT

the newer [presently very expensive] dual layer DVD's. These DVD's have two layers that two different lasers "write" to. Thus they hold twice as much data.

In the event that you are not aware many of the DVD movies that you rent or buy have been dual layer for years, that's one reason when copying them they won't fit on the everyday DVD's most people were using.

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Technically CD-RW is

by Ray Harinec May 26, 2005 5:58AM PDT

a type of CD, a "ReWriteable" one. HOWEVER the term is now slang for a burner, [an optical drive that can burn CD's or CD's and DVD's.

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