Preserve Your Data with Archival CD/DVD Media
Not so long ago, people wrote letters when they wanted to communicate a message. Today we use e-mail because it can transmit messages around the world in seconds. In the past, people balanced checkbooks and kept ledgers to track their finances. Today we use accounting software and online banking to manage our money. Historically, people [...]
Verbatim Sets Q3 Release Date for BD-XL Media
Verbatim America made a big announcement this weekend at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company has stated that their latest and greatest optical media product, Blu-ray XL discs, will be available for sale starting in the third quarter of this year.
Verbatim manufactures a wide variety of data storage products including memory [...]
Imation Announces New Defender CD/DVD Media
There are several good reasons why people choose blank CD and DVD discs for data storage. They are portable, inexpensive, and they hold a lot of information. But what if you need to keep that information secure? Most people wouldn’t choose an optical disc as their first choice for secure data storage, but Imation is [...]
What is the Actual Storage Capacity of a DVD Disc?
If you have ever purchased a recordable DVD disc, you have probably noticed that the packaging says 4.7GB of storage space. However, when you go to burn the disc, the available free space is just 4,400 MB. This may leave a lot of folks wondering what the actual capacity of a DVD is. Let’s take [...]
How To Fit More Than 2 Hours of Video on a DVD
Back in the days of Video Cassette Recorders, recording your own movies was a pretty simple process. Blank tapes could be recorded in Standard Play (SP) mode or Long Play (LP) mode. Standard Play offered better quality and approximately 2.5 hours of recording time. Long play tapes could store up to 8 hours of video [...]
