is 4gb cd exists

[Akhil Jain]

my friend told me that he has a 4 gb cd-r and that too of mini size those
used in camcoders ...........

i said it wud be a dvd

but he says that his cd-rom is reading it correctly


guys is there such a disk exists...................

and wat wud its cost

[~Phenom~]

No CD can hold 4GB of data.
His CD might be carrying highly compressed data which on decompression may become 4GB.

[Akhil Jain]

he says he had made backup of things like nero,
norton antivirus , window xp and others..........

there is no possibility of linking or optimization..........

[theraven]

yes those are dvds
sony's dvd-r handycam which writes directly to mini dvd

[q3_abhi]

i think CD's can be specially designed to carry that much data.

Becoz Lata Mangeshkar was gifted with a CD containing all her songs on her Birthday.

Then how come that CD contain that much songs???

N that time, there were no DVD's.

[janitha]

Originally Posted by theraven

yes those are dvds
sony's dvd-r handycam which writes directly to mini dvd

One thing, it was said that the disc was read by a CD drive.
Secondly, the Mini DVD-r used in handycams cannot contain 4GB.
Correct me if wrong.

V.Prem Kumar

[nach p]

4 GB !!!How is it possible.

I have 2 normal cds ,data is compressed in such manner that after extracting it becomes nearly 1.5 GB each but 4Gb is too much and also u r saying these cd's are mini size.

@Akhil Jain
Have u seen or checkd it ?
u r friend may be just fooling!!!

[vinaypatel]

remember this
FLOPPY <<CD-ROM<CD-R<DVD<HDD

this is one of true equ for computer world right now

[theraven]

it cannot be read by a cd rom
the guy HAS to be mistaken
a mini cd contains max of 210 mb of data ..
the same size dvd contains a few gb's im not sure how much

but under no case is it a cd ... even with overburning option

remember we arent talkin abt windows 3 in 1 which have common files hence multiple links which give cd capacity as 3.14 gb
we're talkin abt a handycam that writs straight on optical media

hence 4gb on a mini cd is OUT of the question

btw miniDVD ram disks are capable of 2.92 gb of data
miniDVD are 1.47gb in capacity
and mini-DVD is used to describe cds with dvd data on them

[janitha]

Originally Posted by theraven

it cannot be read by a cd rom
the guy HAS to be mistaken
a mini cd contains max of 210 mb of data ..
the same size dvd contains a few gb's im not sure how much

but under no case is it a cd ... even with overburning option

remember we arent talkin abt windows 3 in 1 which have common files hence multiple links which give cd capacity as 3.14 gb
we're talkin abt a handycam that writs straight on optical media

hence 4gb on a mini cd is OUT of the question

btw miniDVD ram disks are capable of 2.92 gb of data
miniDVD are 1.47gb in capacity
and mini-DVD is used to describe cds with dvd data on them

1. Did you mean Win 3.1? Otherwise pl explain what is Win 3in1.
2. and mini-DVD is used to describe cds with dvd data on them. Is it correct? If so how can it contain 1.47 GB?
Sorry if I am idiotic.

V.Prem Kumar

[Akhil Jain]

the cd is some local brand termed as hd-cd

(high definition cd)

i have checked it

it contains 4 gb and it is multi session

nero showing 200 mb available capacity

softwares on it are nero ,norton ,games


no chance of cross linking data as in 3in 1 window cd

he says it cost him 25 bucks


it is being read by my lg cd writer

though the speed is very slow

[::vicky::]

only compression can help that thing afaik no cd can hold data of 4 gb but yes there are compressor which show that the data is 4 gb but is is 600 -689 mb in real may be some copy protection did u copied the cd