I have a bunch of movies that are too large for 4.7GB standard blank DVDs. I tried using DVD shrink on a few, and there's so much of a hit in quality it drives me insane. I used the optimum settings and removed as many extras as I could. Still took a big hit.

So, I'm looking into a dual layer DVD burner (external) and a big ol stack of discs. I'm not too familiar with them.

- What's the file size limit on these?

- Can a dual-layer burner burn a standard 4.7GB DVD (since these are cheaper and I've already got a bunch, and some movies can be burned to it)?

- Will a dual-layer DVD play in a standard DVD player or DVD-ROM drive just as well as a standard DVD?

- Anything else I should know?


Thanks.