[Wlug] DVD writeable media

[doug waud]

Robert L Krawitz wrote:
>    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?
> 
> -- 
> Robert Krawitz                                     <rlk@alum.mit.edu>     

As I implied in my first posting I am just passing this info
on; I am not including any thought.  :-)

Seriously, I can't tell from the article why this is the case.
They do note that "DVD-RW format leaves disk formatting up to
the software .... must perform a full disk format  --- which can
take an hour --- before you can start writing to the disk".
Perhaps they feel this investment of time is beyond the
attention span of those who watch TV.  :-)  I can also
speculate that the ability to rewrite the DVD-RW may have
tipped them in favor of it for data. Perhaps all that we
are seeing is the problems that arise when you try to force
data into a tabular format.  :-)

Take your pick/and-or make your own guess!

doug