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What is the new 8.5 gig standard called? Becasue alot of sites on line have
double and some have dual and I dont wanna buy the wrong thing thank u also
how readily availbile is the media for it nad how much do they run? Also
whats the best drive to get at the best price thanks for all the help I got
a generation before the 8.5 gig and want an 8.5 now so I can burn alot more.

Anthony

"Anthony" <> wrote in message
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> What is the new 8.5 gig standard called? Becasue alot of sites on line
have
> double and some have dual and I dont wanna buy the wrong thing thank u
also
> how readily availbile is the media for it nad how much do they run? Also
> whats the best drive to get at the best price thanks for all the help I
got
> a generation before the 8.5 gig and want an 8.5 now so I can burn alot
more.
>
> Anthony
>
>

It is and has always been referred to as dual layer. That should not be
confused with dual-sided media, meaning you have to flip it to burn the
other side....maybe that is what you are seeing?

On 7/28/2004 9:12:10 AM, Anthony wrote:

> What is the new 8.5 gig standard called? Becasue alot of sites on line have
> double and some have dual and I dont wanna buy the wrong thing thank u also
> how readily availbile is the media for it nad how much do they run? Also
> whats the best drive to get at the best price thanks for all the help I got
> a generation before the 8.5 gig and want an 8.5 now so I can burn alot more.

I think most, if not all, are calling it double-layer, but dual-layer and
double-layer are the same thing, so either way you get the same thing.

As for which is best, that's subjective. I received a Lite-on from
Newegg.com yesterday ($85 shipped). Don't have any DL discs yet, but
it's worked great on everything else I've thrown at it. Others have had
great success with the slightly more inexpensive NECs.
--
"Don't touch that please. Your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
things with alloys and compositions and things with ... molecular
structures."

Now playing: the radio

Biz wrote:
> "Anthony" <> wrote in message
> news:qfQNc.3$ML1.2@okepread01...
>> What is the new 8.5 gig standard called? Becasue alot of sites on
>> line have double and some have dual and I dont wanna buy the wrong
>> thing thank u also how readily availbile is the media for it nad how
>> much do they run? Also whats the best drive to get at the best price
>> thanks for all the help I got a generation before the 8.5 gig and
>> want an 8.5 now so I can burn alot more.
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>>
>
> It is and has always been referred to as dual layer. That should not
> be confused with dual-sided media, meaning you have to flip it to
> burn the other side....maybe that is what you are seeing?

Sony refers to it as Double Layer as you can see here ...
http://www.sonyburners.com/products/...p?ID=106871985
My NEC drive identifies itself as a DVD+R9 Dual Layer drive. So I think it
really doesn't matter if it called Double Layer or Dual Layer, it just
depends on who made the drive.

On 7/28/2004 11:31:26 AM, Biz wrote:

> It is and has always been referred to as dual layer. That should not
> be confused with dual-sided media, meaning you have to flip it to burn
> the other side....maybe that is what you are seeing?

Actually, it looks like they're pushing this new burning technology as
"double layer," probably in an effort to not confuse it with "dual
format." Lite-on, Verbatim, and I think Sony and NEC, all call it
"double layer." I think it's probably a smart way to go.
--
"Here lies the body of Mary Lee,
died at the age of a hundred and three.
For fifteen years she kept her virginity;
not a bad record for this vicinity."

Now playing: the radio

It's called dual-layer. Always has been, my copy of The Searchers from
1997 says "dual-layer." Now that they have consumer-level drives that
burn dual-layer discs, you may see some companies naming it something
else, perhaps the term "dual-layer" infringes on some consortium trademark?

--

"One must conclude that, contrary to the established and current wisdom,
a scenario describing the genesis of life on earth by chance and natural
causes which can be accepted on the basis of fact and not faith, has not
yet been written."

--Hubert P. Yockey, Journal of Theoretical Biology

On 7/28/2004 1:56:34 PM, Grand Inquisitor wrote:

> It's called dual-layer. Always has been, my copy of The Searchers from
> 1997 says "dual-layer." Now that they have consumer-level drives that
> burn dual-layer discs, you may see some companies naming it something
> else, perhaps the term "dual-layer" infringes on some consortium trademark?

More likely, it's just too close to "dual format," so it's easy to
confuse the two for many consumers.
--
"Good...bad...I'm the guy with the gun."

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"Tarkus" <> wrote in message
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>
> More likely, it's just too close to "dual format," so it's easy to
> confuse the two for many consumers.

Yet this post shows how they failed miserably....

On 7/28/2004 2:45:28 PM, Biz wrote:

> "Tarkus" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> More likely, it's just too close to "dual format," so it's easy to
>> confuse the two for many consumers.
>
> Yet this post shows how they failed miserably....

How so?
--
"Don't touch that please. Your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
things with alloys and compositions and things with ... molecular
structures."

Now playing: the radio

Sry, post wasnt the right word, should have been thread. If there was no
confusion, this thread wouldnt exist...


"Tarkus" <> wrote in message
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> On 7/28/2004 2:45:28 PM, Biz wrote:
>
> > "Tarkus" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >>
> >> More likely, it's just too close to "dual format," so it's easy to
> >> confuse the two for many consumers.
> >
> > Yet this post shows how they failed miserably....
>
> How so?
> --
> "Don't touch that please. Your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> things with alloys and compositions and things with ... molecular
> structures."
>
> Now playing: the radio