RC> 01 Jul 09 10:56, you wrote to me:

 BK>>>>  And they are all DVDs. They all hold the same amount of data,

 RC>>> A DVD can hold 4.7gb of data a double layer dvd can hold
 RC>>> 8.5gb.

 BK>>  Then a double layer DVD must not be a DVD. Or so we are told.

 RC> But it is..

 RC> One would need a Burner capable of writing to them and a
 RC> reader to read from them..

 RC> But that isnt any different from early on in the DVD world
 RC> when a burning device could deal with DVD-R but not DVD+R
 RC> or vice versa.

 RC> DL discs are the natural extension to normal DVD's and to
 RC> go better, go blueray.

 Oh, I agree, but Tom and Mimi say we are wrong, so what do we
 know?



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