The '-' in DVD-R is pronounced:

[vandakeg]

Everyone knows that DVD+R is pronounced with a 'PLUS', but there seem to be many different ways to say DVD-R

[tompika]

HYPHEN?

[Greenspock]

"take away" ?

[SLICK RICK]

"Subtracted by"

[BASDSucks]

Dash R

[Faustus]

My math teacher would have saids is DVD (plus) negitive R.

Realisticly I pronounce it DVD (dash) R.

[Northstar]

How dash can be the opposite of plus is beyond me.

Now you know how i voted

[FOO]

Because - came out first when there was no +
Surely marketing people would NEVER allow a
negative sounding name.

[Northstar]

Ok well whats that little key beside the + key called?

Ive never called it the 'dash' key and i bet no one ever has

[Faustus]

Ok well whats that little key beside the + key called?

Ive never called it the 'dash' key and i bet no one ever has

Depends on its use. If in say windows calculator its a minus. But say in a webaddress its a dash. Same if I'm working on non math in MS word. Since it has several uses its name depends on its use. Since math has nothing to do with burning a DVD I call it "dash R"

If not for the plus format I'd just call it DVDR like I do CDs.

[Popee]

Dash R

[Bob W]

Minus R.

[Marco33]

I like to think of DVD-R like CD-R. Without saying the "-" .

CD(Silent)R or CDR
DVD(Silent)R or DVDR

Conversly. I will add the "+" when saying DVD+R.

DVD(Plus)R

[LanEvo7]

If you buy retail, say minus. Some of the sales are idiots and have no idea what you are talking about if you say something else.

[Kool_Aid]

If this.........

+R is pronounced PLUS R.

Then this......

-R has to be MINUS R.


The plus sign is a + and the minus sign is a -


Where did DASH come from?

[djmattyb]

Marco33 is right, the - is silent, but when we see + we say plus. It's like when you read words with hyphens in them, you don't say "Hyphen". Go to Websters.com and put in DVDR. You will get results for DVDR, DVD-R and DVD+R

DVD-R: Digital Versatile Disk - Recordable
and
DVD+R: Digital Video Disc - Recordable Plus

When it's just DVD-R you don't say anything besides "D V D R" but when you add the + sign, you have to specifically say "D V D plus R".

[y2flyy]

good argument

[marvel2020]

Who Gives a F*%k

[stiltman]

Who Gives a F*%k

Good point....I know more about it than the guy behind the counter....least so far that is....

I don't ask anyone....just read the labels....

everyone else just writes "-" or "+" like me

[tompika]

Marco33 is right, the - is silent, but when we see + we say plus. It's like when you read words with hyphens in them, you don't say "Hyphen". Go to Websters.com and put in DVDR. You will get results for DVDR, DVD-R and DVD+R

DVD-R: Digital Versatile Disk - Recordable
and
DVD+R: Digital Video Disc - Recordable Plus

When it's just DVD-R you don't say anything besides "D V D R" but when you add the + sign, you have to specifically say "D V D plus R".

I would say

• DVDR ----------------- in general, applies to both recordable formats
• DVDplusR ----------- applies to DVD+R
• DVDminusR --------- applies to DVD-R

That "plus" or "minus'' won't make your beloved format any better or worse than it is.

When sy says "copy to a DVDR" it doesn't necessarily mean DVD-R
It means copy to a DVDRecordable

My opinion

[IJM]

I read somewhere (Tom's Hardware, I think) that the Phillips deliberately chose the "+R" name. It was an attempted marketing coup because they knew then that many people would naturally call the rival "-R" format "minus R", thereby introducing the negative connotation.

Clever, but what a bunch of evil £$%&*£.

Ian.

[tompika]

I read somewhere (Tom's Hardware, I think) that the Phillips deliberately chose the "+R" name. It was an attempted marketing coup because they knew then that many people would naturally call the rival "-R" format "minus R", thereby introducing the negative connotation.

Clever, but what a bunch of evil £$%&*£.

That means DVD-R/W made by nonprofit organizations and you'll go to heaven by choosing that format while DVD+R/W is supported by evil capitalists so I'll be damned.

C'mon man they BOTH want to make MONEY

None of them take care of you and me they want us to put our money in their pocket

[Gees]

I voted MINUS. That's what I've always called it.

I also call avi, just that - "avey" (short "a"), though I hear a lot of people only ever say "a.-v.-i."

I use to argue, in less busy days, with people who called .gif "jifs". :cD I always insisted it was a hard G. Too busy and interested in other things to argue any more.

Now, if someone can tell me how to actually pronounce "TMPGEnc" aloud when talking about it, I'll be happy. :c)

[ebenton]

Bottom line: You can call them anything you want in private conversation, but if you go into a retail store to buy some from a clerk or order some over the phone, are you gonna just say, "Gimme 10 DVDR's.", and take your chances as to what you will get?
When it matters, you must clearly distinguish between the two, either by saying "dash" or "minus" for -R and "Plus" for +R.

[jeex]

I voted MINUS. That's what I've always called it.

I also call avi, just that - "avey" (short "a"), though I hear a lot of people only ever say "a.-v.-i."

I use to argue, in less busy days, with people who called .gif "jifs". :cD I always insisted it was a hard G. Too busy and interested in other things to argue any more.

Now, if someone can tell me how to actually pronounce "TMPGEnc" aloud when talking about it, I'll be happy. :c)

actually, there is a thread devoted to its pronunciation.. i'm too lazy to find it, but i'm sure someone will provde it..


anyhow..

its DVDminusR & DVDplusR, CDR (no minus), & gif (as in gift)

[Gees]

Found one, Jeex, thanks https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=74614

I guess others wondered like I do. :c)

But it doesn't seem there's a definitive answer there! :cD

Thanks - and for agreeing on GIF thingy!

[bartman]

I say it silent:

dee vee dee aah

Then again I pronounce TMPGEnc as Tem Peg so what do I know It's a force of habit thing...you think it to yourself for so long you get used to it....you know it by that name.....then you speak to someone else about it and they look at you as if you just said that you want to fly your magical monkey sleigh to the moon and did they want to join you (as in "WTF?").......... um ....damn dcaf

[Gil T Pleasure]

In it's singular form, you pronounce it DEE-VEE-DEE-ISS.

In it's plural form, you pronounce it DEE-VEE-DEE-ARR.

[indolikaa]

DVD "Minus" R

Since the format sucks, especially "Minus" R/W.

[arealgijoe]

Could NOT be minus! (originally)

Does anyone say CD "minus" R or "minus RW?

The dash is silent, I do say dash nly becuae there is a '+' format.

Gotta hand it to Sony/Philips add folks for making it seem that '+" is some how a negitive or minus when the DASH is actually more compatable dispite their slanted misleading promotions.

You can tell the newbees from their lack of knowledge of DVd recordable history, they only came onboard AFTEr the very negitive format oxymoronicaly calle "+" came out.

Par 4 the course.