DVD (also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" and "Digital Video Disc") is a popular optical disc storage media format used for data storage.
Its main uses are for movies, software, and data archiving. Most DVDs are of the same dimensions as compact discs (CDs) but store more than 6 times the data.
The term DVD is used in explaining two ways that information is stored on the disks — DVD-ROM has data which can only be read and not written, DVD-R can be written once and then functions as a DVD-ROM, and DVD-RAM holds data that can be re-written multiple times.
DVD-Video and DVD-Audio discs respectively refer to properly formatted and structured video and audio content. Everything else, including other types of DVD discs with video content, is referred to as a DVD-Data disc.
DVD is also used generically to refer to HD (High Density) video disc formats Blu-ray and HD DVD.
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Single layer capacity |
Dual/Double layer capacity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Physical size |
GB |
GiB |
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12 cm, single sided |
4.7 |
4.38 |
8.5 |
7.92 |
12 cm, double sided |
9.4 |
8.75 |
17.1 |
15.93 |
8 cm, single sided |
1.4 |
1.30 |
2.6 |
2.42 |
8 cm, double sided |
2.8 |
2.61 |
5.2 |
4.84 |
