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What is DVD-RAM?

PublisherCD ROM
Format HTMLDate added01 Jan 2001
Topics DVD-RW / RAM / ROM
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DVD-RAM is a high-capacity, high-performance optical disk that allows data to be read, written and erased. It is designed to work exactly like a floppy disk, allowing users to copy and delete files from it, and use it to run programs. DVD-RAM offers all of the benefits of DVD including high capacity and compatibility with CD formats ­ combined with enhanced rewriteability. With current capacities of 2.6GB to 5.2 GB per disk, DVD-RAM offers up to eight times the storage of a rewriteable CD. The growth path for DVD-RAM takes capacities even higher to 9.4GB per disk. In addition, DVD-RAM is much cheaper than conventional magneto-optical drives. At less than one penny per megabyte, it is the most economical rewriteable medium available today. Also, it can read all of the CD and DVD formats including CD-ROM, CD-Audio, CD-R , CD-RW, DVD-ROM and DVD-R, making it an ideal choice for high-density data storage and exchange.

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