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bloonight
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_ 		24. May 2004 @ 10:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Can anyone tell the exact size of a file I can put on a DVD-R and then on a DVD+R. When it says 4.7 gigs on the disk that doesn't really mean 4.7 gigs for either disk does it.Thanks.
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Jerry746
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_ 		24. May 2004 @ 12:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I think the max size is 4.36gig. I just keep it around 4.3gig and don't seem to have any problems.

Jerry
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sly_61019
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_ 		24. May 2004 @ 14:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
when they say 4.7 gigs, they really mean 4.7 billion bytes, which equals 4.37 gigabytes.
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ScubaPete
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_ 		24. May 2004 @ 16:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   

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The difference of 4.7GB DVD and 4.36GB DVD -
While the manufactures advertise the size of a DVD as a 4.7GB DVD disc it?s not true. It?s because they calculate what 1GB is differently. A DVD will hold 4700mb but that is not 4.7GB that is 4.38GB because 1GB is not 1000MB it is actually 1024MB. Manufacturers do this false advertising all the time so you think you are getting more than you are, They do it with Hard Drives also so if you buy a 120GB Hard Drive it isn?t really 120GB it is actually more like 114GB. (I think that?s right - lol) At any rate, we prefer to calculate the available writing space on a DVD as 4.36GB to include the reverse math and also provide a bit of room for overhead :-)
Pete


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