[Hidden-tech] Comments ... burning DVD-R vs DVD+R

William Sweet williamsweet1 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 14 09:13:26 EST 2008


Just an observation, but Job Lot, where I get all my blank dvds dirt
cheap, always has more of the +Rs for sale, apparently because the -Rs
get snapped up. I have a recorder that does both formats, but I prefer
-Rs as well.

On Jan 13, 2008 10:29 PM, CatamountComputer <lion at catamount.net> wrote:
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> I can state that when I was using my oldest (8 years old) DVD player,
> it would refuse any DVD+R disks, and would only 'play nice' with
> DVD-R.
> Only once I retired that player did I start using +R media for
> personal video use.
> Same experience with a friend's 4 year old set-top DVD player, only
> the -R would allow viewing.
> .. And the same with numerous older Mac/PC computers desiring to view
> video on these disks; only -R would close to universally compatible.
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> That's my two cents, hope it helps. :-)
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> >I have been asked various times to make a few copies of DVD for
> >various uses - all our (or no) copyright of course
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> >The Q is I can burn both DVD-R and DVD+R -- my local equipment shows
> >either fine, but they tend to be high end units.
> >
> >SO the Q is:
> >     is one of the two formats more likely to be better or conversely
> >unusable by a DVD  player most people might have.
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