Can you record use +RW Media to record -RW from DVR?

[WiseMagic]

To record DVD -RW does the blank media have to specify -RW on the package or can you use +RW?

[Baldrick]

If you have a dvd writer or recorder that can only burn -RW you must get -RW, it wont work with +RW.

[WiseMagic]

I bought the Sony RDR-VX500 which is RW+-. So could I use +RW packaged blank DVDs to record as -RW?

[Baldrick]

What do you mean by "as -RW"? Why not just burn as +RW?

[WiseMagic]

My understanding is that -RW will let you make multiple recordings without reformating and erasing other recordings where +RW reformats each time, therefore erasing any previous recordings on the DVD.

[TBoneit]

Easy answer no. If you want -RW disks you have to buy -RW disks. they are different and not interchangable. It is the design of the disk that makes it what it is, not how it is used.

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