DVD Writer Questions

indieindie UK
edited September 2003 in Hardware
Hi there,

im looking to purchase the lg 4040b writer , the specs are below

Writes to DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD+R, CD-RW, and CD-R media
- Compatible with DVD players
- Enables storage of up to 9.4GB (double sided) of information on a single disk
- Interface E-IDE / ATAPI
- Mounting type – horizontal & vertical
- 2MB buffer memory with buffer under run proof technology

what does "enables storage of 9.4gb (double sided) on a single disk mean? does other dvd writers enable that feature too?

also this one support all formats and it was a choice between pioneer 106 or lg 4040b

which one has better compatability with disk?

thank you

Comments

  • RMFRMF
    edited September 2003
    Originally posted by indie
    Hi there,

    im looking to purchase the lg 4040b writer , the specs are below

    Writes to DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD+R, CD-RW, and CD-R media
    - Compatible with DVD players
    - Enables storage of up to 9.4GB (double sided) of information on a single disk
    - Interface E-IDE / ATAPI
    - Mounting type – horizontal & vertical
    - 2MB buffer memory with buffer under run proof technology

    what does "enables storage of 9.4gb (double sided) on a single disk mean? does other dvd writers enable that feature too?

    also this one support all formats and it was a choice between pioneer 106 or lg 4040b

    which one has better compatability with disk?

    thank you
    Yes othr DVD writers can also write to double sided dvd-r's. Nothing new here. Basically it means you can write to one side of the disc, take it out, flip it over and write to the other side of the dvd.
  • BravoexoBravoexo
    edited September 2003
    Well, since it's a Multi Drive (including DVD-RAM), a Type I, Dual sided, 9.4Gb DVD-RAM disc is probably what it meant (being the largest single disc capacity blank media there is right now... first generation DVD-RAM could only access 2.6Gb per side, max of 5.2Gb.

    I personally haven't seen dual sided DVD-R's though, but if they exist it could be that also, as stated above.
  • RMFRMF
    edited September 2003
    Originally posted by Bravoexo
    I personally haven't seen dual sided DVD-R's though, but if they exist it could be that also, as stated above.
    Trust me, they exist :)
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited September 2003
    They do exist and...... you can't label them. (grin) Scares me having a collection of backups on double sided DVD-r's with no labels. We are used to sticking labels to identify the contents on the flip side of dvd/cd's.

    Tex
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