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Do You Know Your DVD Media?

If you take the time to visit any of the thousands of DVD and CD forums online, you’re going to see the same questions over and over again. One of these topics that people ask questions on is the topic of DVDs. What is a DVD? How does a DVD work? And on and on the questions go. Even the experts have questions sometimes. If you’re new to this all, there is a quick way to get you up to speed.

DVD-R

DVD-R stands for Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc.

What can you do with this? You can record audio, images, video, data, ebooks, ezines, software, drawings, multi medial presentations, business applications and a wide array of media on these.

DVD-R cannot be erased. Once you record the media on it, it is a permanent copy. There are, however, DVD-RW discs. These stands for Digital Versatile Disc Rewritable. These can be erased and copied over.

If you have a mountain of stuff you want to record, then getting a high capacity disc can help you. In fact, you may want to buy bulk cases, so that you end up paying less of for each disc.

With this basic guide, you now know about DVDs and their function. From here on out, you can decide what you want to do and how DVDs will fit into your plans.