Posted by Richard Crowley on 12/29/07 00:10

"Trevor Wilson" wrote ...
> "Richard Crowley" wrote ...
>> "Trevor Wilson" wrote ...
>>> **The best are DVD-RAM disks. Any brand.
>>
>> Please explain how you arrived at those conclusions.
>> Both the "DVD-RAM is best" part, and the "any brand"
>> part. Both statements seem very suspicious to me.
>
> **Why? DVD-RAM disks are all manufactured to the same standards.

You must be kidding. All optical discs are theoretically "manufactured
to the same standards". Yet there are certain brands that are practically
guaranteed coasters, while other brands are notable for extremely
low failure rates. All "manufactured to the same standards."

> The theory behind the operation of the disks allows for very robust error
> correction systems. DVD-RAM disks operate more like hard drives....

It was practically an orphan format from the moment of conception.
DVD-data format uses similar "robust error correction systems".

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