[CS-FSLUG] New Sony DVD Burner

[Fred A. Miller]

On Friday 06 May 2005 4:06 pm, Don Parris wrote:
> On 5/6/05, Frank Bax <fbax at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > At 02:37 PM 5/6/05, Don Parris wrote:
> > >As a birthday present, I now have a new Sony DRU 710A double-layered
> > >DVD Burner!  Woohoo!  My co-worker that I turned onto SUSE has the
> > >same thing.  I'm thrilled!  Now, if I get the RAM boost (expecting
> > >another present), I'll be sitting pretty.
> >
> > Congrats!  Does anyone here know what "double-layered" means exactly? 
> > I'm trying to picture it and can't imagine how the laser burns the second
> > layer without touching the first layer.  If it burns a "deeper" layer
> > first, then burns one closer to "surface" how does a reader "read" the
> > deeper layer?
> >
> > _______________________________________________
>
> I have to confess, that hasn't been one my areas of expertise.  All I
> know is 7 or 8GB vs 4.5GB.  For the first time since I got married,
> I'm actually almost keeping pace with technology.

The drive writes to the bottom layer first then the top layer of media. That 
is what I understand from a manual......don't know more than that.

Fred

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