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Types of dvd

CD
CD

Digital Versatile disc - Read Only Memory (DVD-ROM) is a DVD format with technology similar to the familiar DVD video disk, but with a more computer-friendly file structure. The DVD-ROM format was designed to store the same type of computer data typical of a CD-ROM, and is intended for use in DVD-ROM drives in a personal computer.

CD +Extended Graphics (CD+EG or CD+XG)
CD +Extended Graphics (CD+EG or CD+XG)

CD + Extended Graphics (CD+EG, also known as CD+XG) is an improved variant of the Compact Disc + Graphics (CD+G) format. Like CD+G, CD+EG utilizes basic CD-ROM features to display text and video information in addition to the music being played. This extra data is stored in subcode channels R-W. Very few, if any, CD+EG discs have been published.

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CD +Graphics (CD+G)
CD +Graphics (CD+G)

KARAOKE WORLD - CD+G professionel, CDG, CD G, CD-G,CD Graphics ou CD Graphique français

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CD-ROM
CD-ROM

CD-ROM (Compact Disc, read-only-memory) is an adaptation of the CD that is designed to store computer data in the form of text and graphics, as well as hi-fi stereo sound.

DVD-R Media: A Write-Once, Recordable Format
DVD-R Media: A Write-Once, Recordable Format

DVD-R – write once recordable DVDs Similar in concept to CD-R, DVD-R (or, DVD-Recordable) is a write-once medium that can contain any type of information normally stored on mass produced DVD discs – video, audio, images, data files, multimedia programs, and so on.

DVD-RW Media: DVD ReWritable
DVD-RW Media: DVD ReWritable

In your case, since your drive is a DVD-RW, you’re effectively limited to DVD-R and DVD-RW format discs. Stay away from any of the “plus” formats, as those won’t work with your drive (and being newer, they cost more anyway). As to whether you want to use DVD-R or DVD-RW, that depends on what you want to use them for.

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DVD+R Media
DVD+R Media

The DVD-R and -RW media formats are officially approved by the standards group DVD Forum. The DVD Forum was founded by Mitsubishi, Sony, Hitachi, and Time Warner, so it has tremendous industry support for its technical standards. DVD+R and +RW formats are not approved by the DVD Forum standards group but are instead supported by the DVD+RW Alliance.

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Recordable CD (CD-R)
Recordable CD (CD-R)

Amazon.com: cd recordable discs. ... Play back in most recent home, car, portable, and PC-based CD and DVD players. Sony 100CDQ80SP CD-R Data Recordable Media, ...

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ReWriteable CD (CD-RW)
ReWriteable CD (CD-RW)

Qualified for use with CD/DVD inkjet printers from ... CD-I, CD-ROM USB 2.0 External Rewriteable DVD +/- RW ... Micro Advantage 52x24x52 CD-RW CD-Rewriteable Drive ...

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Super Audio CD (SACD)
Super Audio CD (SACD)

What about Sony’s Super Audio CD (SACD)? Launched by Sony and Philips in 1999, SACD uses Direct Stream Digital (DSD), a 1-bit system with a sampling rate of 2.8 million times a second, about 64 times the sampling rate of conventional CDs.

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Super Video CD (SVCD)
Super Video CD (SVCD)

A SVCD is very similiar to a VCD, it has the capacity to hold about 35-60 minutes on 74/80 min CDs of very good quality full-motion video along with up to 2 stereo audio tracks and also 4 selectable subtitles.

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Video CD (VCD)
Video CD (VCD)

The Video CD format (also know VCD) was created in 1993, a few years before DVD-video (what we now just call DVD). VCD never really caught on the way the DVD format did, however. Despite both formats playing video, there are technical differences between them.

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