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  1. Going to buy a Pioneer A06, what's better +r or -R for data? I did a google search. It appears that the +r does not have to be finalized, is that the only difference?
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    Only u can decide that. Most people first check to see what their standalone will play first then go with that. Buy a few of each and fart around. I burn +R and play em in my ps2 and they work great, but will be getting a jvc svn33 for $45.00 on the base exchange come Black Friday and then Ill just buy whatever is on sale because it will play both, even though the ps2 will play both.
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  3. Thanks, I was hoping the +r would have similar attributes as dvd ram. It says that you don't have to finalize the the +r disc and can make changes anytime, does that mean it will act like hard drive? Can I add a delete data from a pc on these like ram?
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  4. I may be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that DVD-Ram is the only format that works like a floppy. That's really the only reason that DVD-Ram is still around. I really don't think that either disk would give you a significant advantage over the other. Buy whatever's cheaper.
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    If you are speaking of writing over the dvd then NO. If it is a +RW then yes. +R has lossless linking
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  6. Originally Posted by jaxxboss
    If you are speaking of writing over the dvd then NO. If it is a +RW then yes. +R has lossless linking
    Jaxxbox, I'm confused now. Can you explain further, thanks.
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  7. I'm a -R man myself and have no problems, BUT, saying that...

    +R has the edge over -R on data because:

    1. Better error correction (at the expense of a few Mb in size)
    2. Marginally faster access times due to the way the data is organised and more reliable clocking mechanism
    3. I have never seen packet writing for a -R drive

    If you're using the discs for data, don't worry about standalone playability quite so much. Playing video on a standalone can be a bit of a black art, but so long as the player is +R compatible, if that data happens to be say MP3's or something your player can handle, you should be OK.
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