Re: DVD protection

Marcus Houlden wrote:

On Sun, 21 May 2006 22:25:11 +0100, Dave <davenpat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote the following to uk.comp.misc:



On the other hand, have I come across a dual layer DVD?


Sounds more than likely.

Only one of the drives in my computer is dual layer. I forget, can older drives handle dual layer, without being able to write to them?

Single layer DVDs hold ~4.7 GB whereas dual layer
ones hold ~8.5 GB. Writing to a DL DVD requires a drive that supports them.
These currently go for about £25 upwards but the disks are pretty expensive.

Noted.

Dave
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