Philips DVD+RW 4.7 GB 4x

Philips DVD+RW 4.7 GB 4x ... interchange between consumer electronic equipment and PC platforms.

DVD+RW Video technology provides a unique advantage: Recorded discs can be played back on existing DVD- Video players. Recordings made with a DVD Video Recorder on DVD+RW discs can be played on DVD Video players as well as on PCs with a DVD-ROM drive and MPEG2 video decoding capability. DVD+RW discs offer up to 4 hours record/playback time per side, resulting in recording capacities of up to 8 hours for double-sided discs.

Philips DVD+RW Video technology also offers easy-to-use-editing facilities. Whereas editing private camcorder material on conventional equipment generally requires two video devices, random access to a DVD+RW disc means editing can be done using a single DVD Video Recorder. This brings editing within reach of the average consumer and makes it quick and very easy to use. Because of its PC-compatibility, advanced editing of DVD+RW Video can be done on a PC. With the addition of DVD+RW to the DVD media family, consumers get the best of both worlds - pre-recorded high-quality recordings, plus home-recording capability. Without doubt, rewritable DVD will stimulate further growth of the DVD Video market, strengthening its long-term interest to both equipment manufacturers and the movie industry alike.

DVD+RW Video is encoded in MPEG2 with variable bit-rate, providing high bit-rates where necessary while no storage capacity is wasted in scenes with less dynamic video. This means that with the same disc capacity much longer recording times can be achieved, or the recording quality can be further improved without reducing the recording time. DVD-Video playback compatibility with real-time variable bit-rate recording is achieved by using 'Lossless linking', a technique developed specifically for DVD+RW.