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To: CPAMarty who wrote (11404)	5/23/1998 12:24:00 AM
From: Dennis G.	Respond to of 13925

That would defeat the whole purpose of the DVD. It's a massive storage device, much bigger than most hard drives. However, it is slow, like about an 8X CD-ROM. But one could use software which would cache data onto your hard drive. This could speed up some operations. Also, as Jon said, there is software that needs to be run before you can access the drive, and this needs to reside on some other drive. Dennis

To: CPAMarty who wrote (11404)	5/23/1998 12:56:00 AM
From: Jon Tara	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 13925

Well, first of all, DVD is a storage technology. It doesn't necessaraly involve images or video. DVD is just another kind of disk that can store any kind of data. It's really nothing more than a CD that holds a lot more data than a CD. Videos can be put on DVDs, and there is a standard for doing so, just as there is a standard for putting audio on CDs. Stand-alone DVD players can be hooked-up to your TV, just as stand-alone CD players can be hooked-up to your stereo. If you are using a DVD to play videos on your PC, the DVD has to be fast enough to be able to stream the video. The hard disk wouldn't be used to "cache" the video or anything similar. The only use of the hard disk might be to store programs and drivers used to access the DVD, just as the hard disk might be used to store programs and drivers used with your sound card or CD drive. Now, if you're using a DVD-RAM to store data, that data has to come from somewhere. I suppose that might be your hard drive. :)