DVD (type 5) holds 4.7Gb - the Double layer ones (type 9) hold 8.5 Gb ( Most current DVD drives do both CD and DVD - if the system doesn't come with a 'Combo drive capable of writing to CD-R CD-RW DVD-R DVD+R DVD+RW and DVD-RW then you don't want to know it, because it's either 'OLD' or CHEAP' spec
I would also expect DL capability - especially if you are going to play movies through it Also note that most non-PC, DVD players either play DVD- media or DVD+ media, but not both There is also a DVD-RAM standard for people who want to treat the DVD platter as a hard drive, changing what's on it lots of times such as a timeslip system that doesn't have a hard drive Ignore the HDTV and Blu ray specs for the rest of this year, and possibly most of next year, when you will probably be upgrading from current (then outdated) system. Other thoughts I haven't mentioned - got a TV that you can connect to the PC has the PC got TV-Out, or S-video out can it connect to and simultaneously play and record from cable TV input ( how much is that worth to you) especially as the PC can probably connect to the BBC web site and play downloadable programs for simply the cost of the broadband connection And you stand more chance of getting new CODEC's for the PC than for a DVD player only designed for connection to the TV (Xvid - MP4 etc. as well as the 'lossless audio ones - if you really want to use Hi-Fi quality headphones and get surround sound effect) Technical update from those 'into' using this stuff please JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eve Golden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 7:47 PM Subject: Re: new laptop > At 10:47 AM 10/31/2005, you wrote: > >Weeee! her we go > I love your enthusiasm! I hate buying computers... > > Thanks for all these pointers. I've printed 'em out and am starting to > search... > > By the way, how much does a DVD hold? Does a DVD burner write to CDs too? > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: > CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. > > -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
