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phatjiggy
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_ 		12. November 2005 @ 20:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What is better when burning Dvd movies... DVD-R's or DVD+R's... Please can anyone let me know... Thanks
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andmerr
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_ 		12. November 2005 @ 20:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
[4.3.6] Which recordable DVD format should I buy?
As explained in the previous sections, there are two main formats: "dash" (DVD-R/RW) and "plus" (DVD+R/RW). There's not much difference between them. They both record data and video, and they both read back data and play back video. Both formats are available as recordable drives for computers and as home video recorders. In spite of claims that one format is more compatible with players and drives, both formats are similarly compatible (see 4.3.1). There are speed differences, but it's a game of leapfrog. One format will come out with faster write speeds, then the other one will match it or surpass it. In 2003, drives reached 8x speeds. 16x is the theoretical maximum, so both formats will soon hit the limit.

The biggest thing to worry about is that DVD-RW drives only record on -R and -RW discs, and DVD+RW drives only record on +R and +RW discs, so you have to make sure you get the right kind of blank discs. You may worry that one of the formats might "win" and the other format could disappear, leaving you with abandoned hardware. This is not very likely, since both formats are doing well. Luckily there is a simple solution to both concerns: buy a dual-format, or "combo" drive. Many companies make DVD-/+RW drives that write to both kinds of discs. Dual-format drives cost a bit more, but it's cheap insurance.

The DVD+RW format has a few advantages when used in a computer, but if data backup or access speed is important, also consider the DVD-RAM format. DVD-RAM is fast and reliable, and the discs have an optional cartridge to help protect data. Most DVD-RAM drives also write DVD-R/RW discs, and some super combo drives write all three formats.


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catfreak
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_ 		13. November 2005 @ 05:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
One major advantage to using the '+' format discs is that you can 'booktype' them (with drives that support bitsetting). What this means is that you have the ability to alter the information at the beginning of the disc so that the player reads it as a DVD-ROM disc (the same as a commercially produced DVD). This makes the disc compatible with virtually 100% of the DVD players out there.
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videoboi
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_ 		13. November 2005 @ 10:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Also you chose which type of discs to buy depending on what your components are compatible with.
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MaxBurn
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_ 		13. November 2005 @ 19:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have two panasonic stand alone DVRs and they have to take the -R format. (horrible machines BTW, i know i bought 2 of them, so im stupid sometimes) I tend to go with the +R format now because of the booktyping ability as catfreak mentioned. The -R was the first format widely available, and some machines can only take a -R (to burn) like those panasonics. The booktyped DVD-ROM +Rs work in every player i have (6) and in my friends PC and stand-alones. I gave a movie to a friend of mine at work, and he said none of his players would recognize the disc. It was a -R. So i put a +R in and made a copy booktyped to DVD-ROM. Worked fine, no problems. Later he told me the -R worked also. It was operator error (had me worried at first). I want good clean rips with no freezes or skips.. Other than that false alarm incident, i have never had a burnt disc rejected as un-recogninzed because i use good media and i think booktyping to DVD-ROM helps also. What is more important than -R or +R, is the manufacturer of the media you buy. Buying good media, Taiyo Yuden, Verbatim, etc. will do more towards your burns being perfect, than almost anything else you put in to the mix. On the other hand, even the best, top-end machines, costing thousands of dollars, can't make bad media turn good. All the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't put humpty dumpty (cmc) back together again.
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