DVD burning question

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I am going to start burning data DVD's (W2K).

My DVD burner is capable of either +R or -R operation. And blank disks seem
to be either one or the other.

Is there any advantage of +R or -R?

Mike Sa
 
ms said:
I am going to start burning data DVD's (W2K).

My DVD burner is capable of either +R or -R operation. And blank disks seem
to be either one or the other.

Is there any advantage of +R or -R?

Mike Sa
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-R disks are theoretically more compatible with standalone dvd players.
In practice, almost any player built in the last three or four years
can play both types equally well.

For RW, definitely go with +R disks.
 
-R disks are theoretically more compatible with standalone dvd
players.
In practice, almost any player built in the last three or four years
can play both types equally well.

For RW, definitely go with +R disks.
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Thanks. RW = rewriteable, I assume.

Mike Sa
 
-R disks are theoretically more compatible with standalone dvd players.
In practice, almost any player built in the last three or four years
can play both types equally well.

For RW, definitely go with +R disks.
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I think it depends on the burner. My Pioneer DVR-107XL
came with a DVD-RW disk, and they've worked reliably in
it. It also burns DVD-R at full speed, but will only
burn at 4x with +R disks (which my Plextor drive will
burn at 12x).

RR
 
extracted from a letter sent by a very large Disc duplication Bureau.
'' basically the question of + or - is much the same as that with Betamax
and VHS cassettes, but with discs they are all the same size. You must have
the correct media for your machine, therefore if your machine say + then use
+.
.............essentially once a disc is burned '+' or '-' it ''should''
become a standard DVD and be readable on any DVD drive.
But for the time being we recommend that for use on computers use -R, and
for DVD video players then use +R.
the compatibility issue between then is reducing all the time as more
machines become available to use both.
 
ms said:
I am going to start burning data DVD's (W2K).

My DVD burner is capable of either +R or -R operation. And blank disks seem
to be either one or the other.

Is there any advantage of +R or -R?

Mike Sa
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-R are more compatible and can be used for data where +R is better for
movies being there is better audio quality.

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ms said:
I am going to start burning data DVD's (W2K).

My DVD burner is capable of either +R or -R operation. And blank disks seem
to be either one or the other.

Is there any advantage of +R or -R?

Mike Sa
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I might add that you could write the data to a +RW being it is a
faster data write then the dvd is filled write it to a -R and use the
+RW mover again.



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Friday, July 21st,2006

/'^'\ /'^'\
( o o ) ( o o )
---oOOO--(_)--OOOo------oOOO--(_)--OOOo---

! Man who run behind car get exhausted. !
 
ms said:
I am going to start burning data DVD's (W2K).

My DVD burner is capable of either +R or -R operation. And blank disks
seem to be either one or the other.

Is there any advantage of +R or -R?

Mike Sa
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Thanks to all.

Some of the advice appears exactly opposite ??

I will be writing computer data disks, copying files from my hard drive as
DVD packs a lot more data than a CD.

I will read the article mentioned, hope to clear this up.

Mike Sa
 
Mark Ciochetto said:
-R are more compatible and can be used for data where +R is better for
movies being there is better audio quality.
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Not really,

A Panasonic DVD Recorder (uses DVD-R or RAM) when I've tried +R's recorded
on my PC it still does'nt play them.

Of course on my other DVD Player only, That will play + and - R's without
any problem.

My Mates older Sony will only play +R's

Quite a weird thing to get around really and I guess it's just whichever
works best for your equipment and PC?
alt.dvd.software has lots of posts on the same subject, so a read of that
group might help :-)

T.W.
 
ms said:
Thanks to all.

Some of the advice appears exactly opposite ??

I will be writing computer data disks, copying files from my hard drive as
DVD packs a lot more data than a CD.

I will read the article mentioned, hope to clear this up.
Click to expand...

I ca't see there'll be really much difference Mike.

The DVD + or - debate tends to be on on the *backing up DVD collections* and
which is best for whatever make home player.
A mate has used DVD-DL <Dual Layer> Discs (8Gb+) but you'll have to check
your DVD Burner can use these Dual Layer discs first.
I think the dual layer discs are +R by the way (I've never needed to use
them personally)

T.W.
 
The said:
Not really,

A Panasonic DVD Recorder (uses DVD-R or RAM) when I've tried +R's recorded
on my PC it still does'nt play them.

Of course on my other DVD Player only, That will play + and - R's without
any problem.

My Mates older Sony will only play +R's

Quite a weird thing to get around really and I guess it's just whichever
works best for your equipment and PC?
alt.dvd.software has lots of posts on the same subject, so a read of that
group might help :-)
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Well, I have a Panasonic DVD Recorder which records on DVD-RAM & DVD-R,
a Samsung DVDN-501 (don't know which recording format that it can
read), A PS2 & an XBOX 360.

The problem is that each & every player can read only certain DVD
recording formats. From what I have heard is that the XBOX 360 can read
these recording formats which are DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW.

Basically put, you have to burn a DVD & see what formats will play on
your system(s). The problem is that the DVD recording format is very
splinter, each player supports different recording formats.
 
Well, I also like to mention that I have a NEC DVD Recorder, it came
with my computer which I bought 2 yrs ago from Best Buy & my DVD
recorder can read/write all CD/DVD recording formats expect DVD-RAM.
 
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