Media Differance

[wowthatshuge]

What is the ACTUAL differance between a DVD-R and DVD+r? What are the advantages and disadvantages of both? Thanks for your time whoever is reading this.

[lordsmurf]

They're the same, while being different. That's how I explain it.

I saw this somewhere a while back, as a rhetoric response to this same question: "What's the actual difference between a Florida Orange, a California Orange, and a Texas Orange?" (I think my now-offline friend Tex wrote it.)

[wowthatshuge]

So what constitues the "being different" part?

[g_shocker182]

Each type is supported by different manufacturers. (i.e. sony, nec, etc.)

[wowthatshuge]

I am burning with a Pioneer A03 and playing with a KLH 1220 dvd player. Which type would be best?

[vtecwil]

What do you mean ?

Its not like you have a choice .

The A03 is NOT !!! a dual format burner .

It is a DVD-R burner .

Say buddy , how long you been at this ?

Try reading some of the information on this site .

[g_shocker182]

Say buddy , how long you been at this ?

Try reading some of the information on this site .

This IS the newbie section, and some people (believe it or not, vtecwil), do not know about the two formats.

[wowthatshuge]

Hey thanks for the reply you guys. I appreciate the back up shocker. As for vtecwil, why don't you take a look at the forum you are in? Maybe you should ask yourself the same question, "how long have you been at this?" Don't be a punk, it doesn't get you anywhere.

[tgm4883]

geez, settle down man, lots of people browse the site each day and only see the posts that are on the main page (the ones that have recent posts) and they do not look at the forum they are in. geez, some people need to take a vacation

[vtecwil]

If you posted this message in the newbie section I am sorry for being so straitforward with you .

But , I replied to your message which was on the main page .

I find it hard to believe that you purchased a DVD writer without first checking to see which kind of media it used .

Its simple , check the DVD writer list and it will tell you that the A03 is a DVD-R burner .

All I'm saying is do some research first , that way there will be far fewer messages on the main page such as this one .

For your information I've been at this for six months and have backed up over 150 of my dvd's .

And I was able to do it all by using the information on this site .

[vtecwil]

This is for g_shocker182 .

I noticed that you were quick to jump on me for my straitforward post , but what about yours ?

You failed to inform the person you were so busy defending that certain burners can only burn one or the other type of disc .

You stated that some manufacturers support + and others - .

That is not the only difference in the two formats .

[wowthatshuge]

To all,

Thanks for the reply and the information. I appreciate it for i know very little.

As for vtecwil,
I appologize for jumping at you in my response. It was not necesary and i understand now where you saw my post. I appreciate your time and your response because it did help me. I don't want to make any enemies for all you guys are far more knowledged than I in this field and i appreciate the help of all.

Once again, thanks for the information and i hope to speak with you in the future about later topics!

[turk690]

Physically DVD-R and +R are the same. The differences lie in the way the blanks are formatted for recording. The official recordable DVD format is DVD-R/RW, and DVD-RAM. This is what some companies (like Pioneer, Panasonic and Apple) push for. Since it is the official format you find the DVD logo on said blanks. But some companies (notably Philips) thought the kind of formatting there was inefficient, etc. So they came up with another blank DVD format and decided to call it DVD+R/RW. Philips extoll the virtues of +R/RW by saying it offers "lossless linking" (where you can successively add videos to a blank DVD+RW and in between while it's not yet filled you can watch on another conventional DVD-player whatever is recorded so far: this goes against the finalizing requirement in -R), and "faster formatting and erasing", among other supposed advantages. Because +R/RW is NOT the official recordable DVD format the DVD logo is not found on the blanks; rather, you merely see "RW". In any case, after the recording is made (of a DVD-video or a DVD-ROM collection of files), the + and - distinction is gone and the player or drive where the disc is inserted could hardly care less if it once was a DVD-R or a DVD+R. DVD+RW does offer a little benefit over DVD-R (apart from the mentioned) in that the slowest recording speed (on a PC drive) is 2.4x, as opposed to more common x1 and x2 DVD-RW. These little differences are not significant to the point where one should be swayed exclusively to either, so that dual-format drives have become the recent rage, and IMHO, should be a deciding factor when thinking of buying a DVD writer.

[Me Sawh Hornee]

humz,

I think group hugz and chill pilz all round.

even as a noobie (introduced to this forum 3 weeks ago) i agree with vtecwil, do some research before you post, it annoys me immensely when people just want a quick fix because they cannot be arsed to go find the info they want.

oh btw

nice post turk, I didnt know that....