Considering DVD-RAM discs support up to 3x (4140 kB/s), something was clearly wrong. I connected the drive to my Windows 10 virtual machine and saw mostly similar speeds, except when writing an ...

Erasing DVD-RAM discs Gabriel Dorado discovered he could not select the "Install Mac OS 9 Drivers" option when trying to Erase a DVD-RAM disc from Apple's Disk Utility via the internal drive in ...

As the name implies, DVD+R dual-layer and DVD-R dual-layer discs double the capacity by having a second layer affixed to the disc. Now you have 8.5GB (opposed to 4.5GB) of storage capacity.

Reader Jeffrey Boyd has some old discs that he’d like to use in a new Mac. He writes: I have a few DVD-RAM discs left over from an older Mac that had a DVD-RAM-compatible burner. The discs are ...

At first blush, using a network-attached DVD-RAM jukebox sounds like an easy way to add hard disk storage. Each disc can hold 2.6G bytes of data, and like CD-RWs, they are rewritable media.

In type 1 disks the DVD-RAM does not leave the caddy, while in type 2 disks it is possible to remove the DVD-RAM from its caddy. This media is not compatible with commercial DVD-ROM and DVD player ...

DVD-RAM TuneUp! 3.2 supports all Mac operating systems from Mac OS 8.6 through 9.x, but hasn’t yet been Carbonized for Mac OS X. To use it, you’ll need 128MB of RAM and 2GB of hard disk space.

The DVD-RAM disc can be reused up to 100,000 times. *Simplification of the electro-mechanical device. The disc drive requires much less maintenance and is more stable than videotape recorders.

And DVD-RAM discs can be rewritten 100,000 times, while a DVD-R/DVD-RW disc can be rewritten 1,000 times. DVD-RAM can be used for both data storage and video editing.