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LaCie d2 DVD±RW Drive | Introduction | |
User Manual | page 14 | |
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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 |
| 6x | 4.7GB | |
| 4.7/8.5 | ||
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CD | 48x | 700MB | |
| 24x | 650MB | |
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■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
❖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
❖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
❖There are two types of
DVD+R9 DL and R-9 DL (Double Layer) Discs
❖Ideal for: recording
❖These discs follow the DVD+ recording techniques,