DVD MEDIA IN GENERAL

[OLDSCOOLCAT]

I know that there is alot of dvd-r media out there competing for our business. So many to choose from. My question is no matter which one I choose to use, is there always (for now) gonna be a dvd player that some of these brand media WON'T play in? I asked because that's how it seems and exactly what type of dvd media are the professionals using because no matter what dvd player you have, the movies that you buy out of the stores will play on anything, but the media we use to burn won't do that. The movies we get from the store have a silver surface. Blank media has the purple(at least the majority of them do). Is it the media or the software we use. Thanks in advanced.

[Lucifers_Ghost]

This is purely my opinion so take it with a grain of salt.

I think your right. No one machine is going to play every single type of media out there.

For that matter, I have seen certain people post about how their LG-4040B burner cant read +Rw format, but mine works perfectly. The owners manual for my standalone Panasonic RV-32 says it can only read -R format, but so far, has played everything. My PS2 cant read +R for some reason.

There are many many factors here. I think it is all just by trial and error.

LG

[lordsmurf]

Pressed media vs burned media.

[redwudz]

You can't compare DVD's 'you buy in a store' with recorded DVD's. Commercial DVD's are not produced by burning with a DVD recorder. They use an entirely different method of data transfer and media type. Our group of people that record DVD's are a small niche in the general DVD industry. Due to patents, copyrights and the like, each media company and burner company has to do things a little different to stay legal and escape infringements on other company's technology's. I don't think you will see 100% compatibility for some time, if ever. But this has a good side. It encourages competition and inovation and that lowers prices and can result in better products. This is a hobby, go with what works for you here and now.

[indolikaa]

You can't compare DVD's 'you buy in a store' with recorded DVD's. Commercial DVD's are not produced by burning with a DVD recorder. They use an entirely different method of data transfer and media type. Our group of people that record DVD's are a small niche in the general DVD industry. Due to patents, copyrights and the like, each media company and burner company has to do things a little different to stay legal and escape infringements on other company's technology's. I don't think you will see 100% compatibility for some time, if ever. But this has a good side. It encourages competition and inovation and that lowers prices and can result in better products. This is a hobby, go with what works for you here and now.

That's a pretty good way to sum it up.