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Mark40
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_ 		18. August 2004 @ 21:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm trying to make a difficult decision about which DVD Recorder to buy. Most of them seem to be very similar, except that half only record to DVD-R and DVD-RW, and the other half only record to DVD+R and DVD+RW.

I have discovered that all Philips, Magnavox, and RCA DVD recorders and most (but not all) Sanyo DVD recorders record only to DVD+R and DVD+RW. On the other hand, Sony, Toshiba, Pioneer, and Emerson DVD Recorders only record to DVD-R and DVD-RW. And Panasonic DVD Recorders only record to DVD-R and DVD-RAM.

Well, I don't want to end up with a DVD recorder that only records to a format that becomes obsolete. Back in the early 1980's, I bought a Beta VCR because when I bought it, Beta and VHS were equally popular, so I thought it didn't matter whether I bought a Beta VCR or a VHS VCR. But just a few years after I bought it, it started to get harder and harder to find movies on Beta, and now Beta VCR's are already as obsolete as 8-track tape players! So I don't want to make the same mistake again.

I would like to hear everyone's opinions about whether you think the "minus" or "plus" format will become the dominant format in the future.
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Nephilim
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_ 		18. August 2004 @ 21:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Neither. Both formats will be with us until something else comes along :)
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colw
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_ 		18. August 2004 @ 23:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The majority of current burners are dual format - that is they can burn - or + depending on the media used.

As such there is no real problem re formats.

Single format burners appear to be more common in craptops rather than real computers.
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