"Burn, burn, burn.
We burnt more DVD recordable and rewritable in the year 2003 than any other year else, as we witnessed the rise of DVD writers. The phenomenon is expected to escalate in 2004, once dual-layer recordable drives and media hit the shelves and become sufficiently affordable. The DVD recordable technology is gaining maturity, and the price of some dual format DVD writers has fallen below the S$200 mark; while the even-cheaper, now-obsolete single-format models are starting to phrase out as you're reading this article.
People who deal with regular, large-volume data archival are likely to benefit from DVD recordable technology, as the format is designed to be more fault-tolerant (less sensitive to scratches and more powerful error protection) and most importantly, physically space-saving. "
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