TheFiresInTheSky Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 in the middle of an argument with someone about this, so are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyManchesta Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 This link might help you win or lose your argument depending on what you said http://www.imation.com/products/dvd_media/differences.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted June 13, 2006 Moderators Share Posted June 13, 2006 Plain and simple answer: No! If the person doesn't believe you insert a data DVD with mp3's or some other files, etc., into a CD drive and it won't even recognise the disc. If the person still doesn't believe you after such a demonstration then you're completely wasting your time, and that person needs to get educated on disc formats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 No, DVD are not CD same like CD are not DVD. Both are optical discs however. DVD players are backwards compatible though and can read CD's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFiresInTheSky Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 cool, so DVD's arent considered compact discs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS3 Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 i read this topic a day ago and wandered about the same thing. i always thought DVDs were still considered as compact discs. for one thing, it is compact and the other its a disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted June 14, 2006 Moderators Share Posted June 14, 2006 DVDs aren't considered CD's and there isn't even the word compact in the name anywhere, anyways DVD means both of the following, depending upon which type of data is written to it: Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc. View the DVD page on Wikipedia.org. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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