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The transcript is from a video about DVD-RAM, a type of optical disc that was designed to function as removable storage. The video explains the advantages and disadvantages of DVD-RAM compared to other formats such as DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, Zip disks, flash drives and hard drives. The video also explores the history and development of DVD-RAM, its applications in set-top DVD recorders and camcorders, and the reasons why it did not become popular. The video ends with some bloopers and outtakes.
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1. DVD-RAM is a variant of DVD that was designed to function as removable storage with random access memory.
2. DVD-RAM was first standardized in 1996 and the first discs and drives were available in 1998.
3. DVD-RAM discs are structured as concentric rings with hard sectors, allowing for formatting with any file system and native compatibility with operating systems.
4. DVD-RAM discs use phase change alloys that can withstand being rewritten up to 100,000 times and have a long storage life of 30 years or more.
5. DVD-RAM discs were available in single-sided and double-sided versions, with capacities ranging from 2.58 GB to 9.4 GB.
6. DVD-RAM discs had write speeds of 2x to 16x, but the faster ones were very rare and had poorer longevity.
7. DVD-RAM discs were cheaper per gigabyte than hard drives until 2001, and cheaper per 100 megabytes than Zip disks in 1998.
8. DVD-RAM discs were not compatible with most DVD players, but they were widely used in set-top DVD recorders as a DVR-like device.
9. DVD-RAM faced competition from other writable DVD formats, such as DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW, which were faster, cheaper, and more compatible with DVD players.
10. DVD-RAM also faced competition from flash memory, which became more convenient and available in larger capacities than DVDs in the mid-2000s.