I think Chuck is right. Given that you can buy USB sticks with 4 or 8
GB (or more, I guess), there is little point of rewritable DVDs, which
are more prone to failure than write-once DVDs and are more likely to
have problems with readability in machines other than the one that
burned them.
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On Dec 20, 2008, at 11:52 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> No, I haven't noticed because I haven't ever looked for them. Could
> be
> why they're gone? On a related note I was in Staples a few weeks ago
> looking for DVD +R media and the only thing to be found was -R. I
> prefer the +R since it has more ECC bits and should be better for data
> reliability. So I went over to Wal-Mart where they did have them.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> John Hudson wrote:
>> Has anyone else noticed the disappearance of DVD RW media, whether of
>> the -RW or + RW variety?
>>
>> I was through our local Costco, Wal-Mart and Staples Business Depot
>> stores
>> this morning and there was none to be seen. There was plenty of DVD R
>> product but not a single box of the RW variety.
>>
>> I wonder if the manufacturers have decided that the RW variety is
>> stunting
>> the growth of the R only sales and have taken the R+W product off the
>> shelves?
>>
>> jh
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