Re: DVD / DVD+R /DVD-R / DVDRW. Are they all really distinct media formats?

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Jack Patteeuw wrote:
Rahul wrote:
I'm always confused by DVD terminology when buying media to write on.
There's DVD / DVD+R / DVD-R / DVDRW and I'm not even sure which more!

Wikipedia is your friend ! You'll find more there than you'll probably
want to know, and links to even more.

In general DVD+R is "more robust" than DVD-R. It's worth the few extra
pennies per disk.

Might depend on how you define "robust", so I'm not so sure about that.
Cites?

The age of your equipment for writing and playing back **does** matter.
Some older DVD players have problems with some brands of blanks.

Yup. And I've found the older DVD-R to be a bit more compatible, in my
albeit limited tests.

Buy a small quantity of blanks and try them on all of your burners and
players is the only sure bet.

True enough.


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