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Revision as of 14:05, 4 July 2010
CD
DVD
DVD-R capacity is 4,706,074,624 bytes
DVD+R capacity is 4,700,372,992 bytes 4,590,208 K 4482 M
The two most common DVD format designations for DVDr media is DVD5 (DVD-5) and DVD9 (DVD-9).
- DVD-5 holds 4.7GB and is supported by the DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW formats. It is also known as Single-Sided Single Layer.
- DVD-9 holds 8.5GB and is supported by the DVD+R and DVD-R formats. It is also known as Single-Sided Double Layer (sometimes called Dual Layer).
Double Layer (sometimes called Dual Layer) and Double-Sided DVDs each hold more than the standard 4.7GB of a single-sided single layer DVD. Another two DVD types are DVD10 and DVD18, which are less common.
- DVD-10 holds 8.75GB and is supported by the DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW formats. It is also known as Double-Sided Single Layer.
- DVD-18 DVD-18 holds 15.9GB and is supported by the DVD+R format. It is also known as Double-Sided Double Layer (or Double-Sided Dual Layer).
Blu-Ray
- A single-layer disc can hold 25GB.
- A dual-layer disc can hold 50GB.
HD DVD
Smaller than Blue-Ray.
