Posted by Eric Gisin on 06/10/07 23:36

"Dubious Dude" <Shifty@eyes.com> wrote in message news:f4hrva$a24$1@aioe.org...
> I'm reading Section 4 of the DVD FAQ at DVD Demystified,
> http://dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html. It isn't clear to me which one of the
> many versions are physical media technologies versus logical file formats. Is
> there an online page that clarifies this?
>
DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD+R are physical formats.
DVD-RAM is similar but incompatible with the previous.
DVD, DVD-audio, DVD-video are data and multi-media disc types.
All the other terms seem to be audio/video encoding formats.
I've ignored CD formats and HD DVD.

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