[edge.it]

on my lunch break in an hour or so im headed out to best buy to get some blank DVD-Rs. i have lost touch with DVD tech over the past few years so im not to sure if there are any key things i should keep in mind when shopping.

i have a new MAC PRO 2.66 x 2. and am using toast titanium 8. i have over 200GB of raw DV footage im going to be burning and wana get the best quality and most amt. of GBs i can.

DOUBLE LAYER correct?

[JustinHorne]

The quality is dependant on the way you compress it, not on the dvd media. However, a DL disc will hold twice as much than a single layer disc, so you'll need to burn half as many discs. With 200 GB, I'd go for the DL, as it still comes out over 20 discs. That said, you'll pay notably more for the DL discs...

[danman]

I think the maximum file size is 2GB, so you can't fit an 8GB file on 1 disc.

[thetman]

unfortunatly while you get ~2x as much data on a DL most stores charge more than 2x as much for them so its a tradeoff, plus most DL discs that are cheap are no faster than 4x so it takes longer to burn as well