RP> 25 Feb 97 19:48, Roger Davison wrote to All:

 RD>  I looking for some info concerning the DVD format.

 RP> I've read a little bit about it...


 RD>  Does it use MPEG2, MPEG1 or /something/ else?.

 RP> The video discs use MPEG2.


 RD>  How much Data can be stored on each disk, could it be around
 RD> 5.2Gig?.

 RP> Yea, right around there. The highest capacity double 
 RP> sided discs should to 11GB total.

        The standard single-sided, single-density disks can store about 4.7 GB.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, a double-sided, double-density disk will
(they haven't been produced yet) store 17 GB.