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Subject: Re: DVD storage capacity explained

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:10:13 04/13/00

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On April 13, 2000 at 03:14:10, Jouni Uski wrote:

>In previous posts there has been wrong info about DVD storage capacity.
>Here are correct figures from DVD FAQ:
>
>     DVD-5 (12cm, SS/SL): 4.38 gig (4.7 G) of data, over 2 hours of video
>     DVD-9 (12cm, SS/DL): 7.95 gig (8.5 G), about 4 hours
>     DVD-10 (12cm, DS/SL): 8.75 gig (9.4 G), about 4.5 hours
>     DVD-14 (12cm, DS/ML): 12.33 gig (13.24 G), about 6.5 hours
>     DVD-18 (12cm, DS/DL): 15.90 gig (17 G), over 8 hours
>
>So 3-4-5 Nalimov TBs easily fit in one DVD!
>
>Jouni

I had seen mention of the double-sided stuff, but that was all.  Next question
is how many DVD-(>5) drives are around?  We have several DVD drives here, but
all are the 4+ gig variety...



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