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Unit 12: DVD technologies

The PC Technology Guide
http://www.pctechguide.com/

Enter the site and go to the Storage section. Then click on the DVD button. Read the text and find:

  1. the compression format used by a DVD disk
  2. two similarities between CDs and DVDs
  3. two differences between CDs and DVDs
  4. the storage capacity of a basic DVD disk
  5. the storage capacity of a double-sided, dual layer DVD.

Summarise the technical specifications and uses of these DVD formats:

  1. DVD-ROM:
  2. DVD-Video:
  3. DVD-Audio:
  4. DVD-Recordable:
  5. DVD-Rewritable:
 

Match the terms on the left with the correct meaning on the right.

1 compression
2 laser beam
3 tracks
4 micron
5 rewritable
6 layer
a erasable
b unit of length equal to one millionth of a metre
c concentric circles
d stratum, horizontal division
e making data occupy less space
f intense ray of electrical power