dual layer

Bigboi11 · 03-04-2006, 12:59 AM

What is the advantage to having a dual layer dvd burner? will it make me be able to back up some of the longer dvd's without compressing them or removing sound or menu's? Do they take different dvd's than regular burners do.

Mr.Suave · 03-04-2006, 01:05 AM

CD/DVD 101

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DL (dual layer) is a designation associated with DVDs and denotes drives/media that are capable of burning DVDs that have multiple layers to them (4.36GB for consumer media, 8.72GB for commercially stamped media). In order to burn using "dual layer" you must have both dual-layer media as well as a dual-layer capable burner

[-0MEGA-] · 03-04-2006, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Bigboi11

What is the advantage to having a dual layer dvd burner? will it make me be able to back up some of the longer dvd's without compressing them or removing sound or menu's? Do they take different dvd's than regular burners do.

A dual layer is almost double the capacity of a single layer dvd, DVD Movies are dual-layer.

The CD/DVD 101 should answer any of your questions.

SoftJaws · 03-04-2006, 02:40 AM

I have the same questions you do. Does compression degrade the original images or data? If not or if loss is negligible, then why not compress to single layer. Can all, most or any DVD players read compressed DVD's? I scanned thru CD/DVD 101 and didn't find these answers. Maybe I missed it.

Mr.Suave · 03-04-2006, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by SoftJaws

I have the same questions you do. Does compression degrade the original images or data? If not or if loss is negligible, then why not compress to single layer. Can all, most or any DVD players read compressed DVD's? I scanned thru CD/DVD 101 and didn't find these answers. Maybe I missed it.

like i said b4..

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Originally Posted by CD/DVD 101

DL (dual layer) is a designation associated with DVDs and denotes drives/media that are capable of burning DVDs that have multiple layers to them (4.36GB for consumer media, 8.72GB for commercially stamped media). In order to burn using "dual layer" you must have both dual-layer media as well as a dual-layer capable burner

thus Dual layer only applies to DVD burners that can do it and if the DVD that is being burned can have dual layers. and dual layer offers more space.
i dont think it has to do with compressing anything.
for example its like having 2 shelves. instead of just having one you have 2 so you can add more. well thats the way i see it...

or have a look at the dvd forum provided in the 101. or you can even google dual layer to find out more.
google does wonders

spamdos · 03-04-2006, 09:38 AM

personally i have never used my dl burner

jjsevdt · 03-04-2006, 12:01 PM

I have DL, but don't have the money for DL disks. At $10ea it's tough.

[-0MEGA-] · 03-04-2006, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by spamdos

personally i have never used my dl burner

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Originally Posted by jjsevdt

I have DL, but don't have the money for DL disks. At $10ea it's tough.

Same here, i dont think it's worth it when you can buy 50 DVD+R's for $10.

**dragon2309** · 03-04-2006, 02:23 PM

same here, duakl layer i have never used, too expensive for the disks and not supported anywhere else, im the only one i know who has a DL drive... that and DVD-RAM, i still havent used that, again expensive disks and also the lack of compatibility among other computers is a down fall, it will be good in like a year when everyone has good drives etc...

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03-04-2006, 12:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
Bigboi11 New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 8	dual layer What is the advantage to having a dual layer dvd burner? will it make me be able to back up some of the longer dvd's without compressing them or removing sound or menu's? Do they take different dvd's than regular burners do.

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jjsevdt Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 25 Posts: 1,108	I have DL, but don't have the money for DL disks. At $10ea it's tough. __________________ C2D E6420 @ 2.13GHz on AsRock Penryn1600SLI-110dB 4GB DDR2 800 1 - 750GB \| 1 - 120GB \| 1 - 60GB HDD PNY nVidia 9600GT Vista Ultimate 64bit All Powered by: RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 530W PSU PSN: JjSeVdT Steam: JjSeVdT

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dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 20 Posts: 8,679	same here, duakl layer i have never used, too expensive for the disks and not supported anywhere else, im the only one i know who has a DL drive... that and DVD-RAM, i still havent used that, again expensive disks and also the lack of compatibility among other computers is a down fall, it will be good in like a year when everyone has good drives etc... draogn2039 __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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03-04-2006, 02:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
SoftJaws New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern Calif. Posts: 10	I have the same questions you do. Does compression degrade the original images or data? If not or if loss is negligible, then why not compress to single layer. Can all, most or any DVD players read compressed DVD's? I scanned thru CD/DVD 101 and didn't find these answers. Maybe I missed it.