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Does regular DVD5 (ie: single layer) software like Nero etc support DVD9 (dual layer)?

I have seen some silly priced phillips drives in PC world today (£79) that did 16x dual layer burning..

but the media (discs) on sale in there were £6 a disc!!! thats a pack of 5 discs!!! (verbatim Brand)

Anyone know of anywhere sensible to buy DVD9's?

Daz34

You have been able to get quality Pioneer, Phillips & NEC dual layer burners for £38-£50 for a while if you shop around.

PC world don't do silly prices

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and there was me thinking it was cheap
doh
good job I didnt cough up


time for some google action..

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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...RW_Drives.html

aha

andy1505

Try ebuyer, I have bought many drives from them, quick and cheap.

MrShades

The LG GSA-4163B is the drive to have....

Does ALL formats (-R/RW, +R/RW and RAM) - including dual-layer, 16x write on DVD-R and +R, and 40x write on CD-R. Also supports bitsetting on +R.

Cracking piece of kit - especially for LG (a brand I normally avoid like the plague).

Shades

GC8

Actually... sometimes they do! But it isnt usual. I bought a Tosh WS notebook earlier this year and it was significantly cheaper than DABS..... They occasionally have offers on fixed disks too which cant be matched but each store has a stock allocation and its common for the staff to buy them all.

Simon

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Cheers Mr Shades!

edit to add: can domestic DVD players that support say DVD-R/+R and RW playback Dual layer 'blanks' ??
Ie: for backing up my DVD collection?
('original' movies use DL DVD9 IIRC..)

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=82782

GC8

Yes they can.

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and no and then!
Cheers for the info guys!

BuRR

Dual layer will still only get 8.5 gig on them though.... but you can always compress the data.

Link 1 or Link 2.

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single-sided dual-layer DVD disc. DVD-9 can hold approximately 7.95 gigabytes of data,
(it's the way the japanese round up their megabytes )

http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/dvd-9.cfm

was more a question of if players would play the dual layer non retail disks..
thanks for the media links.

Scooby Dooby Blue

Yes, the majority of players will play the majority of DL discs.
Some of the poorer quality DVD+DL media will have a noticeable skip as it switches layers during playback but 90% of them are manufactured to a high enough quality that they'll play to the end.

If you're not desperate to start DL burning, hold on til mid-January when DVD-DL media is scheduled to hit the UK shores. It should be more compatible than it's +DL counterparts.


Paul

PS lol@ PC World silly prices