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14-2 Samsung Electronics
14-1-2 DVD Types
FORMAT TYPE APPLICATIONS
DVD-Video Playback Only High quality image and sound for movies and other video media.
DVD-ROM Read Only Multi-functional, multi-media software that requires large storage capacity.
DVD-Audio Playback Only High quality sound that exceeds the CD, multi-channel Audio.
DVD-R 1 Time Recording As with CD-R, write only once
DVD-RAM
Rewritable This can be virtually used as hard-disk, with a random
(more than 100,000times) read-write access
Rewritable Similar to DVD-RAM except than its technology features
DVD-RW
(About 1000times) a separated read-write access more like phonograph than a hard disk.