Yes, but dual-layer writes make the spec, read speed doesn't (only
single-layer read speed is listed)
-Adam
J. C. O'Connell wrote:
In my experience, dual layer disc average read speeds
read at a different data rate than single layer
discs. Do DL write speeds differ too?
jco
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:12 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Suggestions for DVD Drive
David Mann wrote:
On Jan 15, 2006, at 7:55 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
The spec says it's an 8x4x12x DVD. What do those numbers mean?
My guess:
Reads at 12x speed
Writes at 8x speed
Re-writes (using RW media) at 4x
From what I've seen the speeds are normally shown in decreasing
order: eg 12x/8x/4x.
BTW the "base" speed of DVD is higher than for CD: they physically
spin about 3 times as fast and transfer data 9 times as fast due to
the higher storage density. In other words a 12x DVD drive can spin
at about the speed of a 36x CD drive and transfer data at the speed
of a hypothetical 108x CD drive.
I doubt we'll ever see anything faster than 16x DVD drives as they'd
probably destroy the discs.
- Dave
Speeds are standardized on writes/rewrites/reads/dual-layer
-Adam
