Which DVD format is best for you?



In the latest issue of Storage Management Solutions Magazine you'll find an interesting article by Dawn S. Wortman, senior marketing manager at Maxell, about the recordable DVD formats and their applications. The article is hopefully pretty unbiased since Maxell makes media for all formats.



Part of the appeal of DVD is the versatility of the technology. There is a DVD format to fit virtually every computer-storage, professional, and consumer-recording application, from broadcast production to data backup to personal digital video recording. With all of this versatility has come a level of confusion over the variety of DVD recordable and rewritable formats in terms of affordability, compatibility, performance, and longevity. With DVD, there is no one-size-fits-all format. Each DVD media format addresses specific customers and applications. This article will attempt to clarify the confusion.

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Read the whole story here or in PDF format here. The result of our poll "Which format will win the DVD war?" might help you choose format(s) too.

Source: SMS Magazine

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