DVD-RW or DVD+RW

[marcopolo1]

I have a Sony RDR-GX7 and have been using DVD-RW as I'm sure I read they have better compatibility with more players than DVD+RW, but depending on what site you go to this differs.

I've just purchased a 10 pack of Philips DVD+RW and low and behold I read on the back of my Sony manual that DWD+RW cannot record 16:9, but -RW can. Is this true, or just an issue with my player?

Could some please clarify this (someone who actually knows the answer and not speculation).

Cheers

Mark

[jurynel]

...so I'll put my head straight in and speculate...
... that a DVD-RW or DVD+RW wouldn't know 16:9 if it sneaked up and bite it! The 16:9 is something lurking in the MPeg encoding, and since the DVD only has the data written on it, your worries would stop if you know that your writer can write -RW or +RW... better still - test it, if it doesn't work, just clean the disk again!