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DVD Dual Layer Compatibility and Drives
Is the compatibility of DVD dual layer disks sufficient now to consistently
read disks made on one machine to be read on another now? I am primarily interested in data archiving and second ( a distant second) in video/music. Has anyone used the Sony dual-layer drives and what have your experiences been? -- "You can have peace or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once." |
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DVD-DL is generally compatible with any drive as long as it can read DL and
the disc is set to DVD-ROM booktype. It's also advisable to use only Verbatim DL media. That said, I doubt that DL is anything close to a secure and cost-effective method of archiving data. The cost per GB is well in excess of a hard drive. No optical disc is suitable for long term storage unless it's backed up with duplication, which again makes DL way too expensive. If you have that much data to store, just go get a couple hard drives on sale. Put them in cheap external cases and leave them unplugged except when in use. Sony doesn't make drives, LiteOn makes most of them for Sony, and no they are not very good, compared to NEC, Pioneer and Benq. "Jim Higgins" wrote in message ... Is the compatibility of DVD dual layer disks sufficient now to consistently read disks made on one machine to be read on another now? I am primarily interested in data archiving and second ( a distant second) in video/music. Has anyone used the Sony dual-layer drives and what have your experiences been? -- "You can have peace or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once." |
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On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 20:35:22 -0500, "Jim Higgins"
wrote: Is the compatibility of DVD dual layer disks sufficient now to consistently read disks made on one machine to be read on another now? I am primarily interested in data archiving and second ( a distant second) in video/music. Has anyone used the Sony dual-layer drives and what have your experiences been? Data reading hasn't been a problem as far as I know. The only issues have been with DVD players when movies are burned onto those discs. --------------------------------------------- MCheu |
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