How many pictures can I store on a CD or DVD?
A standard CD has a storage capacity of 700 MB, and a standard single-sided DVD has a storage capacity of 4.7 GB. The number of pictures that can be stored on a CD or DVD depends on the file size of each picture, which increases as picture resolution does. Due to these differing file sizes, it is difficult to state an exact number of pictures that can fit on, but the table below has some good estimates:
Size of File Approximate Pictures on CD Approximate Pictures on DVD
500 KB 1400 9400
1 MB 700 4700
2 MB 350 2350
3 MB 233 1566
5 MB 140 940
Note: These estimates are the maximum picture counts per CD or DVD. Actual counts may be less than these estimates, due to disc formatting.
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