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Record 1 2001-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Audio Technology
CONT

DVD+RW. A new standard for rewritable DVD disks being promoted by Hewlett-Packard, Philips and Sony. It is competing with another standard, called DVD-RAM, developed by the DVD Consortium. The two standards are incompatible. DVD+RW disks have a slightly higher capacity -- 3 GB per side, versus 2.6 GB per side for DVD-RAM disks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Électroacoustique
CONT

Le DVD-RW. Ce support peut être utilisé pour stocker des données qui peuvent être annotées, modifiées ou mises à jour. Le DVD-RW peut être effacé et supporte plus de 1 000 nouveaux enregistrements. - Permet de stocker tous les types de données citées pour le DVD-R. - Les DVD-RW peuvent être lus par la majorité des lecteurs existants (après une simple mise à jour).

Spanish

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