What Is DVD-R General Version 2.0?

DVD-Rs are ideal for transporting files, photos or sound recordings between computers.

DVD-R General Version 2.0 is a type of recordable optical media used to store information. It came about in the year 2000, when DVD-R was split into two formats: Authoring Version 2.0 and General Version 2.0.

Specifications

The discs are 180 mm in diameter and hold 4.7 GB of information. The data on them can be read by DVD players, but you require a DVD recordable drive to write data to the disc.

Write-once Medium

DVD-R General Version 2.0 disks are designed so that you can write information to the disc once, and after that, you are not able to wipe or rewrite the content.

General and Authoring

The split in 2000 of DVD-R into the two different formats was over copy protection issues. General Version 2.0 DVD-Rs are designed for the general consumer and are cheaper and more common than Authoring Version 2.0 DVD-Rs, which are restricted to professional authoring applications. Both of these disks use a different laser wavelength so that they can only be read by disk drives designed to read that type of disk.

References

• Shareware Guide: DVD Technical Guide 6-DVD-R and DVD-RW
• Optical Storage Technology Association: Understanding Recordable and Rewritable DVD