Hello,I've been selling boxing fights recorded on DVD+R,and just thought of the possiblity of haveing one returned because of a player that does not play DVD+R.How common are dvd players that don't play DVD+R,and should I sell the fights on DVD-R instead,or is the difference in quality too great between DVD+R and DVD-R?Thankyou very much.
Hi LittleLui
If your burner supports booktyping that would be your best bet. You can booktype the +R's only to DVD-Rom making them almost universally compatible with all players.
Most newer players support both formats but -R may still be in the lead on compatability. Though not by much - might be dated but at one point -R was 93% and +R was 89% compatible.
Use good media like Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden (instore look for made in japan only Fuji or Sony) to help. Also burn at 1/2 the rated speed of the media for better chances too.
Me - I haven't seen a diff quality wise - I use both formats.
Thankyou very much Blinkie 7.I have noticed on my Nero that Booktype is automatically set to DVD-Rom when I burn the fights,so that's what that's for.Thankyou again.
Just to clear it up a little.... Booktyping DVD+R to DVD-ROM helps significantly, but it is *not* a cure-all. There are literally 100's of players that won't play burned DVD's (mostly older models). The reason is that many players simply aren't "fooled" by the ROM flag, or simply only play DVD-R's. Also, the reflectivity of a DVD recordable (no matter what format) is lower than a regular one.
I have an "old" player (Toshiba SD-3750 made around 2002) that plays recorded media just fine, even DVD+R as long as it's bitset. DLs too. It seems the devices that DON'T like recorded media are portables though I can't back that up with statistics. Also, not all drives bitset/booktype, so what Nero is telling you may not be true. You can look up your DVD burner model at Videohelp.com (look on the left under DVD Writers), punch in the model number, and look under "Connection Buffer, Bit". If it says Bitsetting, it supports it. An even better method is to burn a single-layer DVD+R and run Nero Infotool and see if it reports it as DVD-ROM or DVD-Video.
-Do you believe you own your computer and shouldn't be told what you can run and do? Then say *NO* to Microsoft Vista!
-Since half the questions here involve media problems, here ya go: Only use Verbatim or Taiyo-Yuden discs (get your TYs from Rima.com, not Supermediastore or meritline). Forget the rest, no matter what "brand" they sell under. Always burn at 4x speed regardless of the speed rating of this discs or your drive. If you have burn problems with these then you have to update your drive's firmware. For double-layer discs, only use Verbatim DVD+R DL and burn them at 2.4x speed.
