Dual layer discs are great...IF you can find a DVD player that can play them! The DVD+RW Alliance claimed the dual format discs would be playable on any DVD+R player, but guess what?! NOT! I'm in video production, and being able to make dual-layer discs for people would be great but if they won't work in all +R players it's rather pointless. I had to take a disc to Best Buy and try every player until I found one that worked! If you're just using them for personal storage, they're fine but anything else is dicey at best.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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Dual layer discs are great...IF you can find a DVD player that can play them! The DVD+RW Alliance claimed the dual format discs would be playable on any DVD+R player, but guess what?! NOT! I'm in video production, and being able to make dual-layer discs for people would be great but if they won't work in all +R players it's rather pointless. I had to take a disc to Best Buy and try every player until I found one that worked! If you're just using them for personal storage, they're fine but anything else is dicey at best.