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The DVD+RW Alliance is a group of electronic hardware, optical storage and software manufacturers who in 1997 created and promoted a format standard of recordable and rewritable DVDs, known as the "plus" format. [1] As of 2004, plus format DVDs were available in three forms: DVD+R, DVD+RW, and DVD+R DL.
DVD±R/W (also written as, DVD±R/RW, DVD±R/±RW, DVD+/-RW, DVD±R(W) and other arbitrary ways) handles all common writable disc types, but not DVD-RAM. [1] A drive that supports writing to all these disc types including DVD-RAM (but not necessarily including cartridges or 8cm diameter discs) is referred to as a "Multi" recorder.
The DVD Forum is responsible for the official DVD format specification. The group handles licensing of the DVD format and logo through the DVD Format and Logo Licensing Corporation (DVD FLLC), which also publishes the official "DVD Book" format specifications. [2] Reference materials and newsletters are published for DVD Forum members.
DVD-RW represents a DVD "-" disc which can be read or written many times BD-RE represents a Blu-ray disc which can be read or written many times. In addition some of these media support MultiLevel Recording formats, for example dual layer (written as "DL"), and DVD also supports a "RAM" version (similar to RW), although this is not widely used ...
DVD+R DL (DL stands for Double Layer) also called DVD+R9, is a derivative of the DVD+R format created by the DVD+RW Alliance. Its use was first demonstrated in October 2003. DVD+R DL discs employ two recordable dye layers, each capable of storing nearly the 4.7 GB capacity of a single-layer disc, almost doubling the total disc capacity to 8.5 GB.
PSI Media and Fulfillment Services; Pandisk Technologies [20] Philips; Plasmon Data Systems (Defunct in late 1990's) [21] Prodisc; Pressing-Media www.pressing-media.com; PrimeDisc [22] Princo Corp [23] (seems to have stopped, as of 2020 they no longer appear on their home page) [24]
Canada's current private copying levies are as follows: $0.29 per unit for CD-R, CD-RW, CD-R Audio, CD-RW Audio disks. [10] The Pirate Party of Canada , or the PPCA, has called for the scrapping the levy, as there are plenty of non-piracy related uses for CDs and it is unjust to punish Canadians who don't use them for these purposes.
This aims to be a complete list of DVD manufacturers. This list may not be complete or up to date. If you see a manufacturer that should be here but isn't (or one that shouldn't be here but is), please update the page accordingly. This list is only a list of brand names for DVDs and not an actual manufacturers list.