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Table 11.14 has the basic specifications for DVD-R drives.
Table 11.14 DVD-R Specifications
DVD-R media is currently available in speeds up to 16x, although some drives feature
faster burn speeds. Some vendors are now producing double-sided single-layer DVD-R
media withcapacities of9.4GB.Thismedia isdesigned primarily forDVDjukeboxes, al-
though it can be used by standard DVD rewritable drives.
DVD-R DL
DVD-RDLwasintroducedinFebruary2005andissometimesknownasDVD-RforDu-
al Layer or DVD-R9. DVD-R DL is essentially a dual-layer version of the DVD-R disc,
using the same recording method, laser wavelength, and other specifications. However,
DVD-R DL discs have two recording layers, with the reflective surface of the top layer
 
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