Posted by Dubious Dude on 06/11/07 00:32

Eric Gisin wrote:
> "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.

Thanks, Eric.

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