Does DVD make CD-ROM redundant?

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From: Robert Fink (rfink_at_leland.Stanford.EDU)
Date: Wed Oct 21 1998 - 18:55:22 EDT

This is not a philosophical question, but a purely technical one. Through
unforseen circumstances, I find myself the proud owner of a new IBM DVD
drive, happily ensconsed in my UltraBay and playing Peckinpah's _The Wild
Bunch_ to most impressive effect. (I knew that 14.1 screen would be worth
the $$$!)

The question: I *also* have a 24X CD-Rom drive. Is there any technical
reason, any usage situation, where the CDROM will do something faster or
better than the DVDROM? Or should I just try to sell the CDROM? (Anybody
want it...?)

rwf

PS: Let's pass over the weight consideration (DVD is noticeably heavier
than the CD); the thing's a brick anyway.
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Robert Fink
UCLA; Stanford Humanities Center 98-99
NEW: rfink_at_leland.stanford.edu
             bfink_at_ix.netcom.com
  
"Just like virtual sound-objects in sampler music technology,
subjectivity today is a gaseous element, expanding and
contracting, time-stretched, cross-faded, and sound-accelerated."
        --Kroker and Weinstein, _Data Trash_
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