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   From: lugnut@NOSPAMhotmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 07:05:44 -0800 (PST), SFTV_troy   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Jan 5, 2:56=A0am, Greg Goss  wrote:   
   >> SFTV_troy  wrote:   
   >> >Yep. =A0Unfortunately putting 4 hour-long shows per DVD has now become   
   >> >standard. =A0I don't think DVD was ever designed to handle that much   
   >> >video in such a small space (4.7 gig).   
   >>   
   >> I thought that the DVD standard went up to 17 gig if you used all the   
   >> layers defined in the standard. =A0   
   >   
   >   
   >Nope.  A dual layer disc holds 8.5 gig per side, and every show I've   
   >ever bought was single-sided.  The 2001 Trek TNG discs were single   
   >layer, so only half that.  They squeezed a lot of video (3.1 hours)   
   >into a very small space.   
      
   It can go up to 17-ish, the so-called "DVD-18" discs.  Universal used   
   these for a lot of TV sets, but they were always problematic   
   (freeze-ups on certain players, discs that were once fine being   
   unplayable months later, etc.)  You don't see too many of these   
   anymore as a result.   
      
      
      
   -lugnut   
      
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