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able to be played on European equipment and vice versa. For
this purpose, the world was divided into six regions:
1. USA, Canada
2. Japan, Europe, Middle East, South Africa
3. South-east
Asia
4. Australia, South and Central America, New Zealand
5. Africa, former USSR, India
6. China
DVD drives resemble CD-ROM drives and are downwards
compatible, which means that they can also read CD-ROMs,
CD-RWs and audio CDs.
DVD+RW drive
Like CD-RW drives, DVD+RW drives can both read and write
storage media. Rewritable (RW) DVD+RWs are used. At 4.7
GBytes, DVD+RWs offer a memory capacity equivalent to
around seven times that of a normal CD-ROM.
For the user, these drives make it possible to transfer and
archive their own VHS videos, record their own videos using a
digital video camera or save data quantities that are too large
for CD-ROMs.
DVD ± R/RW drive
These drives enable you to use both recording processes
(DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW).
DVD+R9 or DVD+R DL drive (d ouble layer)
(Digital Versatile Disc
+
Recordable 9 Gigabytes)
These drives are equipped with the new double-layer DVD
recording technology.
The writing of a second layer onto the
DVD blank doubles the maximum data capacity from the 4.7
GB of conventional
DVDs to 8.5 GB on a one-sided DVD.