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  1. plaese a little help here can anyone tell me what format is more wildly used in dvd players is it "-" or "+" or are the dvd players able to play both formats, give a little history on formats if possible. which is used more nowadays or period
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    With most newer players, they should play both - and + media. Some of the older players do have problems with + media. Though if your burner can change the bit setting on + media, this will give it a better chance of playing.

    - R is more widely accepted, but not by much. It could be something like 97% -R, 93% +R.

    Since most burners are dual format, gives you the option to use either format.

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    DVD Forum, the body responsible for DVD Video, DVD Audio, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, Blue Ray. This is the Format and Licensing Group that is responsible for DVD-R. www.dvdforum.org . Main members are everybody that makes DVD Players (Panasonci, Hitatichi, Sony, Philips, Toshiba, Pioneer, 1,000s more).

    Philips, HP, Sony. These are the main bodies behind DVD+RW, DVD+R. Other members include Lite-On, Dell, 100+/- more) Those are also members of the DVD Forum. The DVD Forum is a little slow in granting licensing to new technologies. Their license is also a bit more than DVD+R. DVD+R was trailing behind in the beging, in terms of speed, quality, compatiblity. Today, it's about equal. Tomorrow, looks like DVD+R may have the faster burner and dual layer first. But it will most likely follow the way DVD+R has done in the past. New Tech to garner sales, without the media being available.

    In short, Philips did to DVD+R what they did to CD-R, CD-RW, CD-Audio, VCD, SCVD. Someone else had the tech, then Philips came up with their own, and tried to get a pattent on it.

    DVD+R is regaurded as a bastard format by most professionals. <- Couldn't help the cheapshot

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    DVD-R has been around longer, which means more media. Though there is quit a bit of crap media.

    DVD+R has only a handfull of OEM Media plants. With Ricoh making the abundance of the DVD+R media. This takes some of the guess work out of buying brands.

    Meaning, you have a better chance of getting high quality DVD+R media from a brick and mortar, than you do DVD-R.
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    disturbed1,
    good reply right up to the cheap shot at the end.
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  4. yo thanks dude good reply
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