X-Account-Key: account1 X-UIDL: 93422 X-Mozilla-Keys: Return-Path: X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 5.1.3 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: List-Archive: Precedence: list Message-ID: Reply-To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Sender: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" X-Original-Message-ID: <463E4D86.7030406@2rosenthals.com> Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 17:49:58 -0400 From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Subject: [OS2Wireless] OT: DVD capacity (was: Re: [OS2Wireless] ThinkPad DVD Writer Problem) On 05/06/07 05:31 pm, Doug LaRue thus wrote : > ** Reply to message from "Ed Durrant" on Mon, 07 May 2007 06:50:25 +1000 > > > >> Are you sure you have 8.5GB writable DVDs not 4.7GB ones ? Video DVDs >> use the larger capacity. >> > > double/dual layer DVDs are 2x the capacity of single layer DVDs( 4.7GB ). But, > your DVD writer must have/support the double/dual layer capabilities. A good > reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD#DVD_disc_capacity > > looks like there are even double sided DVDs too. How about that, 17.1GB for > double/dual layer double sided. whoa. > > I've never seen double-sided DLs. I've seen double-sided Rs, however, and have even rented a few movies this way (widescreen on one side; 4:3 on the other - Air Force One was like this, IIRC). If we can do that with 5.25" media, we should be able to get better capacity on the minis, you'd think (have you ever seen mini-DVDs?)... -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------ Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC Accountants / Network Consultants New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com eComStation Consultants www.ecomstation.com Novell Users Int'l www.novell.com/openenterpriseserver Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com ------------------------------------------------------------ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to To subscribe (new addresses), E-mail to: and reply to the confirmation email. Web archives are publicly available at: http://lists.2rosenthals.com This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- electronic communications related to content contained in these messages should be directed to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=