On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 11:26:01AM -0700, Brian Sullivan wrote: > As far as General Media goes this what I want. From my > understanding Authoring media is only needed if CCS > encrypted video is to be put on the disc. Since I am > just using the disc for the archival of data files > from linux servers I don't really need Authoring > quality, General should do just fine. Authoring drives > such as the S201 cost around $4000 to $5000 compared > to the sub $1000 price on the general media drives. > The media cost also is drastically different with > Authoring coming in around $15 and General at under > $10. From my understanding it would appear that the > only difference between the two besides cost is you > can't copy movies on to General media. Both should > play in almost all DVD-ROM drives abd their life-spans > similiar (supposedly rated at 100+ years but as far as > I know DVDs haven't been around 100 years so how they > know this boggles my mind). Anyone hear anything > different than this?
That certainly matches my understanding. The area on the disc where the CCS data would go, is pre written (not writeable by end user) on general media and DVD-RW media. It is a visible line near the center of the disc. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
