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DVD-RW Incompatibilities?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the hardware-haps dept.

rekkanoryo writes "It seems that there is some trouble brewing in the DVD-RW camps. According to CNET, new, faster 4x DVD-RW media may not be compatible with older DVD-RW drives. The DVD+RW camp is confident this won't be a problem for them, but the -RW backers think it will sometime in the future when even faster media starts to appear. Also mentioned is a dual-layer DVD+R capable of holding up to 8.5 GB of data per disc and the problem with really old DVD+RW drives not being upgradable to support write-once DVD+R media."

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  1. Re:Rushed to market? by jazman_777 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Whatever happened to the standard bodies who are supposed to prevent this?

    They're out on the "Let's use Esperanto!" World Tour.

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  2. Re:Standards? Anyone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    priceless, if you managed to tape something that will never be broadcast again, or if you had a Beta/VHS handycam)

    R-Kelley w/ a handycam and an underage hooker? Priceless.