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+-*- outline -*-
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+* What best DVD-R or DVD+R?
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+The DVD-R format was developed by Pioneer in 1997 vc DVD+R in 2002 by Sony.
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+DVD+R format was not an official DVD format until January 25, 2008.
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+DVD-R(W) and DVD+R(W) format are incompatible.
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+DVD-R(W) use amplitude modulation, DVD+R(W) use phase modulation, so more reliable.
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+See
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+  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-R
+  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%2BR
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+* What capacity of DVD?
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+|          |                Capacity                   |
++  Type    +-----------+---------------+------+--------+
+|          | sectors   | bytes         | GB   |  GiB   |
+|          | 2,048B    |               |      |        |
++----------+-----------+---------------+------+--------+
+|DVD-R (SL)| 2,298,496 | 4,707,319,808 | 4.7  |  4.384 |
+|DVD+R (SL)| 2,295,104 | 4,700,372,992 | 4.7  |  4.378 |
+|DVD-R DL  | 4,171,712 | 8,543,666,176 | 8.5  |  7.957 |
+|DVD+R DL  | 4,173,824 | 8,547,991,552 | 8.5  |  7.961 |
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