DVDs to replace CDs as data mediums for games?

smiley4 · 2002-12-07T16:05:25

I''ve been thinking about getting games written to DVD format since you can hold at least twice as much information of a CD on one DVD disk. In theory, I beleive it''s possable to do since all code boils down to just 1s and 0s, but I''m not a programmer. So, what do you think? Can it be done? And if so how?

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Started by smiley4 December 06, 2002 10:52 AM

12 comments, last by smiley4 21 years, 4 months ago

GBGames

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December 07, 2002 11:33 AM

Don''t forget that when VHS is phased out, the DVD recordables will only work for selected television programs.
For some reason, just because it is digital, those transmissions that anyone can access end up becoming issues of copyright.
Copyprotection will be attempted, and no matter how weak it is, the DMCA will prevent anyone from legally circumventing it. This will prevent people from "taping" those programs legally.
So now the freedom of taping something to watch later (time shifting) has been removed.
Yay DMCA.

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Themonkster

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December 07, 2002 02:38 PM

I think it''s a question of price really. look at the PC gamer mag it''s more expensive for the DVD version because they cost more to produce but saying that it comes with a lot more stuff than the cd version of the mag but for £1 more.

I started with a point not sure what happened to it..