DVD-5s?

2011-07-14 Thread John Callahan
Can DVD-5s be burned on a MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J: and is special software needed? Thank you -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com

Re: DVD-5s?

2011-07-14 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 14-07-2011 19:50, John Callahan ha scritto: Can DVD-5s be burned on a MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J: and is special software needed? AFAIK, DVD-5s are regular DVD: 5 is short for 4.7GB, while DVD-9 should be Double Layer DVDs (much more expensive), holding approx. 8.5 GB. Hence, I think

Re: DVD-5s?

2011-07-14 Thread John Callahan
Thank you. On Jul 14, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 14-07-2011 19:50, John Callahan ha scritto: Can DVD-5s be burned on a MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J: and is special software needed? AFAIK, DVD-5s are regular DVD: 5 is short for 4.7GB, while DVD-9 should be Double Layer DVDs

Re: DVD-5s?

2011-07-14 Thread Edward Treen
On 14 Jul 2011, at 20:09, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 14-07-2011 19:50, John Callahan ha scritto: Can DVD-5s be burned on a MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J: and is special software needed? AFAIK, DVD-5s are regular DVD: 5 is short for 4.7GB, while DVD-9 should be Double Layer DVDs (much

Re: DVD-5s?

2011-07-14 Thread peterhaas
AFAIK, DVD-5s are regular DVD: 5 is short for 4.7GB, while DVD-9 should be Double Layer DVDs (much more expensive), holding approx. 8.5 GB. The original architectural specification was 5.0 GB and 9.0 GB total usable capacity. Along the way, additional error checking codes were added