Comparison Of Popular Optical Data-storage Systems
This article provides a Comparison of popular optical data-storage systems.
As of 2007 these are:
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- Compact Disc ("CD")
- DVD (three variants: DVD+R and DVD-R, both rather similar, and DVD-RAM)
and their successors (formerly engaged in a format war):
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- Blu-ray Disc (Official optical disk successor)
- HD DVD (Supported but no longer in production)
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