Lacie 300760U User Manual - Page 14
CD and DVD Media Definitions, DVD+R9 DL Discs
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LaCie DVD±RW Drive User's Manual FireWire Using Your laCie Drive page 14 3.1.1. CD and DVD Media Definitions Your LaCie DVD±RW Drive will let you create, save and share your digital files to CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW and DVD+R9 DL media. Please refer to section 2.1. Minimum System Requirements and your recording software's documentation to see which recording techniques your computer supports. DVD+R9 DL Discs: • Best suited for: recording high-quality DVD videos, backing up systems and archiving large data DVDs. • These discs follow the DVD+ recording techniques, but with 8.5GB of capacity versus 4.7GB for DVD±R discs. • With the increased capacity, it is now possible to increase the video bit rate for higher quality DVD videos. DVD+R Discs: • Best sutied for: recording DVD videos, storing multiple 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 combination of Constant Angular Velocity (CAV) and Constant Linear Velocity (CLV) recording techniques. DVD+RW Discs: • Best sutied for: backing up and archiving digital content. • These discs are functionally similiar 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-R Discs: • Best sutied for: recording DVD videos, storing multiple photo albums and data DVDs under 4.7GB. • These discs are also functionally similiar to CD-R media, and have the same capacity as DVD+R discs. • There are two types of DVD-R discs: DVD-R General, which are intended for home applications, and DVD-R Authoring, which are intended for professional DVD-Video development applications. DVD-RW Discs: • Best sutied for: backing up and archiving digital content. • 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. CD-R Discs: • Best sutied for: recording audio CDs, store photos and data CDs. • Files can not be deleted from CD-R discs, and you cannot write over existing files on a CD-R disc. CD-RW Discs: • Best suited for: passing medium sized files around an office or among students. • Discs can be reformated up to 1,000 times, and files can be written over. • Most CD-ROM drives and audio CD players cannot read CD-RW discs.