Can you burn 8.1 GB to a DL-DVD ?

[fab5freddy]

I have 8.1 GB that i have to burn to a DL-DVD....

I know that it says 8.5 GB on a DL-DVD,
but sometimes it is less than the advertised amount......

Can i fit 8.1 GB onto a DL-DVD ?

 

[oculus42]

Yes

Yes.

 

[Blue Velvet]

I say no. I've been looking at doing some archiving recently and moving away from single layer disks.

A DVD-9 is capable of storing 8.5 gigabytes, or roughly 7.92 gibibytes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd#DVD_disc_capacity

I confess to have not burnt any recent dual layer disks at maximum capacity, however, so take it with a pinch of salt. Toast 9 sets the max. at 7.96GB.

 

[Cinder6]

As an aside, I've always felt companies shouldn't be allowed to say 1GB == 1,000,000 bytes. And "gibibyte", "mebibyte", etc. all sound way too silly to even use.

 

[fab5freddy]

is it more accurate to write it in "bytes" than GB's ?

 

[Cinder6]

In actual computing terms, 1GB == 1,073,741,824 bytes. Manufacturers use the SI units of 10^9 instead of 2^30, which is dumb.

 

[fab5freddy]

So,

Am i right when stating that a modern Dual Layer DVD +
bought at RadioSchack can only hold 7.9 GB ??

 

[zw-gator]

As an aside, I've always felt companies shouldn't be allowed to say 1GB == 1,000,000 bytes. And "gibibyte", "mebibyte", etc. all sound way too silly to even use.

I agree
It can be very confusing for some noobs….especially when it comes to internet speeds.

 

[oculus42]

I agree
It can be very confusing

I think I read Snow Leopard reports GB as 10^9 bytes. This could make for interesting issues:

A: "No, I sent a 2GB file."
B: "Well, I got 2.1GB. You must have a virus!"

 

[pcguru83]

I agree
It can be very confusing for some noobs….especially when it comes to internet speeds.

This has absolutely nothing to do with Internet speeds. You are thinking of the difference between MB (megabyte) vs Mb (megabit) and KB (kilobyte) vs Kb (kilobit).

Noob.

 

[zw-gator]

This has absolutely nothing to do with Internet speeds. You are thinking of the difference between MB (megabyte) vs Mb (megabit) and KB (kilobyte) vs Kb (kilobit).

Noob.