LaCie 400USB user manual Supported DVD and CD Formats, DVD and CD Media Format Definitions

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1.5. Supported DVD and CD Formats

Format	Type of Disc	Write Speed	Capacity
DVD	DVD±R DL	8x	8.5GB
	DVD±R	20x	4.7GB
	DVD+RW	8x	4.7GB
	DVD-RW	6x	4.7GB
	DVD-ROM (Single and dual layer)	--	4.7/8.5
			GB
CD	CD-R	48x	700MB
	CD-RW	24x	650MB
	CD-ROM	--	--

■DVD and CD Media Format Definitions

DVD+RW Discs

❖Best suited for: backing up and archiving digital con- tent.

❖These discs are functionally similar to CD-RW and DVD-RW discs, but utilizes the same recording techniques as DVD+R.

❖Incorporates the Direct Overwrite (DOW) system, allowing data to be written directly over existing data in a single pass.

DVD-RW Discs

❖Best suited for: backing up and archiving digital con- tent.

❖These discs serve the same general purpose as CD- RW media, but with 4.7GB of space versus 650MB.

❖Discs can be written and erased up to 1,000 times.

DVD+R Discs

❖Best suited for: recording DVD videos, storing mul- tiple photo albums and data DVDs under 4.7GB.

❖These discs have the same write-once concept as CD- R media, but with 4.7GB of capacity versus 700MB for CD-R discs.

❖DVD+R supports “lossless linking”and the combina- tion of Constant Angular Velocity (CAV) and Con- stant Linear Velocity (CLV) recording techniques.

DVD-R Discs

❖Best suited for: recording DVD videos, storing mul- tiple photo albums and data DVDs under 4.7GB.

❖These discs are also functionally similar to CD-R media, and have the same capacity as DVD+R discs.

❖There are two types of DVD-R discs: DVD-R Gen- eral, which are intended for home applications, and DVD-R Authoring, which are intended for profes- sional DVD-Video development applications.

DVD+R9 DL and R-9 DL (Double Layer) Discs

❖Ideal for: recording high-quality DVD videos, back- ing up and archiving large data DVDs.

❖These discs follow the DVD+ recording techniques,