dodecahedron wrote:it's much more reliable than other DVD formats since (in most -RAM drives anyway) there's automatically a verification of the data written. the downside is that this slows it down even more.
there's also sector defect management.
you can rewrite -RAM discs 10,000 or 100,000 times, much more than -RW and +RW (1000).
Many thanks for the reply, some comments.
You don't mention cost, so I did the briefest check, went to NewEgg and checked media cost. The Egg had only one -RAM media listed and it was over $3 per blank. That's 10X the cost of quality 16X R's. I don't know how much more reliable -RAM is, but it sure better be good to pay 10X more.
"10,000 rewrites" who cares?!? The whole RW thing is a joke, the media cost 5-10X more, it burns slower, and in the case of RW it has to be erased, taking even more time, don't know if -RAM needs to be erased. So I say if you make a coaster, so what, move on!!!
I respectfully appreciate your reply and my comments are just comments.
Hermit