Look like we start see a DVDR/RW war soon cool check this ou

[SHS]

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6909288.html?tag=dd.ne.dtx.nl-sty.0

[pacmania_2001]

I would say DVD+RW will win. It has the support of the pioneers of other standards plus with one of the largest if not the largest(not sure keeps changing) computer sellers. I am personally waiting about a year of two until this war has been won before buying one and when discs become affordable like $5

[SHS]

lol I have no use for DVD-RW nor DVD+RW
In fact I have never use it on CD-RW drive only CD-R

[jackhyde]

I never use the CD-RW either but as far as this new DVD recorder it doesn't matter what kind of disk it uses as long as it will play in a DVD player. So whats the diff if its RW or R as long as I can play it after I made it. In fact the rewriteability might be a plus because if you don't get it just right you can do it again and it won't cost you another disk.

[gambit32]

Hopefully DVDR/RW will drive down the prices for CDRs even more.

[alkieman]

Actually pacmania thats not true. DVD-RW was created by Pioneer and has been licenced to all of the large audio/video companies in Japan, and most in the US and Europe. Interestingly it may also be supported by Matsushita who have bought a licence (who own Panasonic, Technics and Marantz brands). However, they are pushing their own DVD-RAM format initially and are also to produce DVD-RAM hardware. DVD-RW has by far the largest manufacturer support and is also endorsed by the DVD Forum. The big Korean companes also own DVD-RW licences and are to launch video disc recorders based on this format soon.

DVD+RW was invented by Philips and so far as been licenced ONLY to Sony and Thomson (RCA in the US) on the audio/video hardware front and to three computer manufacturers.

However Sony, who initially supported DVD+RW, have brought out a DVD-RW video recorder in Japan and have also announced they are to offer their Vaio PCs with DVD-RW hardware NOT DVD+RW hardware. There's a lot of mistruths being put about at the moment in favour of DVD+RW but most of it comes from the guys at http://www.dvdplusrw.org so read it with a pinch of salt.

On the home recordable front the future for DVD-RW looks better simply because of the number of companies who are supporting it. The other good sign for DVD-RW actually comes from the +RW camp. They have stated all along that +RW discs will never be larger than 4.7Gb and they will not invest in dual layer recordably technology because they feel this could affect the quality of recordings. This is a major mistake I think because the DVD-RW supporters are working on daul layer recorders which will double the available recording time when launched in a few years.

I hope there is a bit of a battle, what better way to push prices lower quickly than a bit of healthy competition, but I do think DVD-RW will win even if in terms of ease of use, it's the slightly inferior product.

Jackhyde has a good point, whatever hardare you invest in shouldn't be obsolete because one wins and the other doesn't. DVD+RW is supposed to be more compatible with older stand alone players (but as yet this can't be tested) but DVD-RW is ratified by the DVD Forum which means its now part of the DVD specification and all new players built within the last year or so should play the discs fine.

This should mean that whatever format you choose, you'll still be able to play your discs in your stand alone player.

However, as I said above, take the comments about DVD+RW with a pinch of salt. Their supporters and fans have been going round almost all of the AV forums like this one posting messages about how wonderful the format is and how it will win the format war. It smacks of desperation to be honest, they tell how wonderful it is before half of them have even had their hands on the hardware.