Maxell DVD-RW discs have a high capacity of 4.7GB. DVD-RW discs feature up to 1,000 re-write cycles, noise-free playback, superior recoding layer technologies and supports "Disc-at-once" or "incremental" writing. DVD-RW discs have a 50 year archival life. Maxell DVD-RW discs are compatible with DVD-R/RW drivers/recorders. Once recorded, DVD-RW discs can be read by later generation "Multi-Read" DVD-ROM playback devices.