Re: DVD-RAM: What's the point?!

Tony wrote:
"Carlos" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e9go8n$5im$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tony wrote:
Sure you can get a reasonably fast DVD-RAM drive now
for $40 but you can't get 12x media in the USA! DVD-RAM
has the specs/capabilities over the other formats, but what's
the point if media is unavailable or costs more than a buck a
disc?! No way I'm paying $10/disc!!! Unavailabilty of media
and high priced media are the nails in the coffin of DVD-RAM.
That group of Asians is always a day late and a dollar short.
Buh bye DVD-RAM?

Competing technology (and winning by leaps and bounds):
DVD-RW w/Mt. Ranier.

Apparently, RAMPRG is either high on their horses or
incompetent. ($10 a disc?! Get a life!).

Tony


One common use for DVD-RAM that I've seen is in stand-alone DVD recorders that are used to record television. The DVD-RAM technology allows you to watch a recorded show and record to the same disc at the same time. I dont' think regular DVD media will allow you to do that. Also, I'm not sure where you're located, but here in the US a DVD-RAM disc costs about $2, not $10.

$2 for 3x media, not 12x. Maxell was the first to announce 12x DVD-RAM
media and at around $10 per disc.


Oh, yes, I see.

I've never heard of DVD-RW w/Mt. Ranier. Why would you say it's "winning by leaps and bounds"? I would have thought if that were the case I would have heard of it.

Well to those who value defect management and formatting on the fly
and want to use optical media like big floppy disks for data backup and
archiving without needing software support in the OS, it is important.
The DVD-RAM features give a little more peace of mind that the data is
safe. Those not doing anything critical with DVDs and/or CDs probably
aren't aware of Mt. Ranier standards, like yourself, and probably aren't
wishing that the DVD-RAM promoters would get their act together
already.

Tony



That's interesting. I use DVD's to backup my family photographs and am wondering if I shouldn't be backing up to DVD-RAM instead of regular DVD-R since my drive supports DVD-RAM already? For infrequent backups I think the slower media (and extra dollar or two) wouldn't be too much of a problem.

As far as Mt. Ranier, I'll need to look into that. Is it a different standard altogether that requires special hardware and different media, or is it a matter of software?

Thanks,
Carlos
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