Hi Garry,
a one sided DVD holds 4.7 gigs.
You can also get DVDs that will record on both sides, which will bring to 
9.4 gigs.
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From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>I thought I heard once that the average DVD holds from between 4 and 6 GB.
> Now with bluray and/or HD DVD there could be a lot more that those disks 
> can
> hold!  There might be no limits to the amount, eventually!  But also, I
> believe that Bluray or HD DVD's could be quite costly if you buy just one!
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> From: "Sarah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>>I don't know where my recording prof got this info but he said that DVDs
>>can hold about 17 gb of data? i don't  remember reading
>> that anywhare and that sounds a bit big for one disk, even dool layer
>> DVDs.
>>
>> SA&G
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "albert griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 2:36 AM
>> Subject: RE: MP3's DVD's and Bit Rates.
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>> You can record on those disks just like you can on traditional compact
>> disks.  The disks most people, like me, have access to hold around five
>> gigs
>> of data.  They come in writable and rewritable types.  You need a
>> different
>> kind of drive to read and write to them but they're not terribly
>> expensive.
>> I believe the latest disks, blue ray, hold fifty gigs but I'm not sure of
>> this.  I have a pack of the disks I first mentioned but I haven't used 
>> any
>> of them yet.  I will be shortly, however, because I'm ripping 650 disks 
>> to
>> my hard drive and plan to use these as more or less permanent storage.
>>
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>> On Behalf Of Gary Wood
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 11:15 PM
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>> Subject: MP3's DVD's and Bit Rates.
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>> Hi All!  We've discussed file sizes of MP3's vs. WAV.  Now, what is the
>> file
>> size of a DVD, especially DVD audio?  You can get more on a DVD than you
>> can
>> on a CD.  As great as DVD's sound, is the file size smaller, or is it a
>> more
>> compressed format?
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