[Wlug] DVD writeable media

[Robert L Krawitz]

   Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:20:42 -0500
   From: doug waud <douglas.waud@umassmed.edu>

   Type            Can be written to by drives of type

	   DVD-RW  DVD+RW  DVD-RW/+RW DVD-RAM/-R/-RW       DVD-RAM/-R

   DVD-R   yes     no      yes        yes                  yes
   DVD-RW  yes     no      yes        yes                  no

   Defct Mngmt     Max Rewrites    Seq/Rand        Data/video?

	   no      n/a             seq             video
	   no      1000            seq             data

Why is DVD-R listed as video only, and DVD-RW as data only?

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