TS: DVD-R vs. DVD+R

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does it make any difference??

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 2 June 2006 04:08 (nineteen years ago)

Get a drive that does both (as my friend Stripey is about to do).

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 June 2006 04:12 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, but which media should i buy? which brand too, if you have a favorite brand.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 2 June 2006 04:13 (nineteen years ago)

p.s. thanks ned!

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 2 June 2006 04:13 (nineteen years ago)

It might make a difference if you have some crappy dvd player, but otherwise makes no differnce to me. I have always have had good luck with dvd+r setting the booktype to dvd-rom. My xbox only likes dvd-r, so I just gave up burning altogether and put a huge drive in it.

― svend (svend), Friday, 2 June 2006 04:15 (nineteen years ago)

Ridata/Ritek is good and pretty cheap from NewEgg - 100 for 33 or 35 bucks.

― svend (svend), Friday, 2 June 2006 04:16 (nineteen years ago)

WHICH ONE IS BETTER!!! ?

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 2 June 2006 07:12 (nineteen years ago)

I've found DVD+R to be slightly more reliable than DVD-R when it comes to successfully burning discs

i use TDK blanks (@ 16x speed) because they're the cheapest in HMV - 25 for a tenner

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Friday, 2 June 2006 09:01 (nineteen years ago)

i've found no difference. dvd-rs are easier to find for me. I use them, most of the time.

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 2 June 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

My Panasonic DVD player (a couple years old) doesn't play DVD+R but it will play DVD-R. Someone told me that DVD-R tends to work in more DVD players than DVD+R.

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Saturday, 3 June 2006 03:08 (nineteen years ago)

my philips claims to only play +R but it played -Rs as well. our combo dvd tv thing won't play any of them, piece of shit.

― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 3 June 2006 03:53 (nineteen years ago)

i think dvd-r might be a little more universally compatible? at any rate that's what i use.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 3 June 2006 12:41 (nineteen years ago)

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