As I was looking at this thread, I found this link explaining the life span of CD/ DVDs in my mailbox. http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-10149-0.html?forumID=7&threadID=152618&messageID=1698511&tag=nl.e497 Renate On 1/27/06, karl shah-jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > : My technical ignorance showing, again... > : > : Do you have to buy new hardware to burn DVD's, or can you use your CD > (hrdwr) burner and a DVD burning software program? > : > : My CD drive burns CD's (info/audio) but not DVD's. > : > : Is it as simple as getting a DVD program like the one below? > > no Shyrell, you'd need a DVD burner. Well worth the small cost though as > the media costs only a fraction more than a CD and offers considerably more > storage space. > > My personal favourites are the LG burners which also burn DVD RAMS as well > as the other various 'standard' formats - +R, -R, -RW and +RW > > DVD RAMS are rewritable many, many hundreds of times and are theoretically > a lot more stable than any other optical media (see > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-RAM ) > > karl > > -- Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad. - Norm Papernick
