There is very little difference between the two. However, there are some things to consider in deciding which is better for you:
1) your recording drive--some drives have firmware better suited for one or the other format for a particular MID code, and it varies greatly. Once you decide on a brand of disc, check (with a quality checking utility such as Nero CD/DVD Speed, K-Probe for Lite-On drives, or PlexTools for Plextor drives) to see which format produces consistently lower error rates.
2) DVD-R is approved by the DVD Forum, so some older Panasonic DVD players accept DVD-R discs while rejecting DVD+R discs. (Panasonic no longer plays politics at the consumer's expense.)
3) If your drive can have the book setting changed for DVD+R discs so that DVD players read them as "DVD-ROM" discs, the #2 makes no difference.
DVD+R has some theoretical advantages over DVD-R in terms of lower error rates, and they should be lower cost, too, but they are slightly easier to manufacture. However, in the real world, no one has seen either advantage.
Originally posted by JoeRyan: There is very little difference between the two. However, there are some things to consider in deciding which is better for you:
1) your recording drive--some drives have firmware better suited for one or the other format for a particular MID code, and it varies greatly. Once you decide on a brand of disc, check (with a quality checking utility such as Nero CD/DVD Speed, K-Probe for Lite-On drives, or PlexTools for Plextor drives) to see which format produces consistently lower error rates.
2) DVD-R is approved by the DVD Forum, so some older Panasonic DVD players accept DVD-R discs while rejecting DVD+R discs. (Panasonic no longer plays politics at the consumer's expense.)
3) If your drive can have the book setting changed for DVD+R discs so that DVD players read them as "DVD-ROM" discs, the #2 makes no difference.
DVD+R has some theoretical advantages over DVD-R in terms of lower error rates, and they should be lower cost, too, but they are slightly easier to manufacture. However, in the real world, no one has seen either advantage.
Thanks Joe, that's answered a few questions.
One thing, I have Nero, but how do I use that to see which discs to use please ?
