Posted by Smarty on 09/07/06 13:06

DVD-RAM is hard sectored at manufacturing time, and is more robust, both in
terms of re-write cycles and data integrity. A good reference is at:
http://www.presentationmaster.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=28756 which
describes the defect management approach used to ensure data integrity. This
makes the disk format inherently very superior for storing data.

The benefits in a camcorder are likely to be more stable recordings, but I
have never seen any testing or experimental data to confirm this.

Hope this helps,

Smarty

<Acurajustin1978@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> maybe its time for tape to go away.
> I know how DVD RAM works in computers - basically its like a big ass
> floppy disk. You randomly write to it - hence the R in RAM.
> What advantages/disadvantages does DVD-RAM have compared to regular
> DVD? Obviously most US DVD players can't play DVD-RAMs - same with
> computers.
> Also, what about skipping during the recording process? I remember
> back int he day when I would ruin CD-R's thanks to a slight vibration.
> A video camera is going to be subject to a certain amount of abuse and
> I'm afraid the recording will be interrupted thanks to skipping. Am I
> thinking too 1996? Have they perfected the technology?
>

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