[schalliol]

I have a desktop and PowerBook that can each burn DVD-Rs. I've heard that there is double-sided DVD-R media that will allow me to burn, flip the disc over and then burn again, for a long movie or lots of data in a single disc.

Has anyone done this? If so, what type of output and media? In what burner? Thanks?

[icruise]

I've used PrimeDisc doublesided media, but of course it's just like having two DVD-Rs glued together (except thinner). The onyl real advantage is that they take up less space than two DVD-Rs would, but since they generally cost more than two DVD-R, it's kind of a wash. There is also the problem that if your burn on either side fails, you've ruined the whole disk.

The Primedisc discs I have burn fine in my external superdrive in a firewire case, but refuse to burn in my powerbook's superdrive. Once burned, however, they play just fine in the powerbook too.

[schalliol]

Very interesting, I'll have to try it out. I think that I might make a movie at the max allowable bit rate in two versions, std. & 16:9, then I could have both at once

Do you have a preferred supplier?

[icruise]

Double sided discs are harder to find than normal ones, and there don't seem to be many different makers. I got the ones I described from rima.com