XPost: rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.sf.tv
From: lugnut@NOSPAMhotmail.com
On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:47:36 -0500, Invid Fan
wrote:
>In article
><2a9b0728-8306-4016-9164-5ef90bfc1608@c34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>,
>SFTV_troy wrote:
>
>> On Jan 5, 5:29 pm, Invid Fan wrote:
>> > In article
>> > <00304a81-e1b6-40c7-80c3-db2f67e03...@u37g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > SFTV_troy wrote:
>> > > On Jan 5, 12:34 pm, lug...@NOSPAMhotmail.com (lugnut) wrote:
>> > > > On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 07:05:44 -0800 (PST), SFTV_troy
>> > > > >On Jan 5, 2:56=A0am, Greg Goss wrote:
>> >>>>>>> SFTV_troy wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>>>>>>Yep. Unfortunately putting 4 hour-long shows per DVD has now become
>> >>>>>>>standard. I 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. ...
>> >
>> > > >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
>> >
>> > > You're wrong. The DVD standard specifies 2 layers per side - no
>> > > more. Therefore the only way to get a 17 gig DVD is to make it a
>> > > "flippie" i.e. a double-sided disc.
>> >
>> > Um, he is taking about double layer, double sided disks.
>>
>>
>> I don't believe so. The way he's talking about Universal TV sets, I
>> think he believes you can make a single-sided disc that holds 17
>> gigabytes.
>>
>He mentioned DVD-18, which iirc is the double sided, double layer
>format.
Yep. I meant those.
-lugnut
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