So which media should I use -R or +R

[mr_baldeagle]

I have been burning DVD's now for a couple of months and have used -R and +R's and they seem to play fine in everything I throw at them. i am going to BULK order somemore DVD's and wanted to know which format I should get.


BTW I have a NEC-2500 I understand I can upgrade the firmware to a 2510 which is a DL +R burner. SO is +R better than -R?


Thanks

[Grimey]

Thats one of those questions that can't be answered. some will say +, some will say -. It's really up to the user.

[888888]

I never get tired of posting this:
-R

[Shocker Milwaukee]

I love +! Plus is great! Plus all the way! I mean, why be negative?

[Nilfennasion]

I've had several problems with media since I got into recordables. The most persistent and annoying of them was that discs would pause every so often during playback. Sometimes they would do so in the middle of an actor's line. The pause would last anywhere from a microsecond to three seconds. No readily identifiable cause could be found. Even limiting the amount of data burned onto the disc didn't help.

Then I switched to +R and bought a cheap player that plays them back (an LG, just like my burner drive). Problem solved. No more pauses, no more problems with chapter skip, no more problems with switching between audio tracks.

Anyone who supports -R should consider that it is the format that the DVD Consortium, and by extension the MPAA, support. In a world where only -R was allowed to exist, we'd literally have a Microsoft situation again, with Toshiba basically dictating to us how we use our own drives. With +R compatibility steadily rising, compelling reasons to use -R are steadily declining.

[rhegedus]

I see a flame war on the horizon:




If you have no compatibility issues, use the cheapest good name brand.

[lordsmurf]

http://www.digitalfaq.com/othervideo/dvdformats.htm
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

Read.

I DVD-R
I DVD+RW

DVD-RW

DVD-RAM

DVD+R

[Nilfennasion]

No flaming involved here, just telling the facts about my experiences. I had serious problems getting a certain media type to play properly on a player that is manufactured by one of the people pushing said media type. I switched to a brand of player made by the people behind the other media type, and it more or less instantly solved the problem. I don't see how any reasonable person can argue with that.

The other argument is that as long as there are two formats competing with one another for the consumer dollar, the manufacturers will be kept honest. Or at least reasonably honest. And I am going to say it until I am blue in the face: +R is the format that the DVD Consortium doesn't support. Ergo, it is the one the get behind.

[garryheather]

I tend to use both:

+R for data (more robust error correction, speed of access)
-R for video (greater cross platform compatibility)

I also use -R for small, one off data projects since I often buy cheap and nasty discs for "throwaway" use, and -R is still sometimes cheaper. Although not by as much as it used to be in the early days, especially if you buy in bulk.

[FulciLives]

Taiyo Yuden DVD-R
Maxell DVD-R

Those are the 2 best out there right now.

DVD+R burning is silly all around and anyone that attempts to burn a DVD+R and change the bitsetting to DVD-ROM should be shunned with extreme prejudice.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[maek]

Shun away...

I use DVD+R and have had 100% success rate. Compatibility amongst DVD players owned by myself and family members has not been an issue to date.

Personally, I think DVD-R works just as well. There are some nay-sayers out there, however. Here's one below:

http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/113

Bottom line -- choose a format and go with it. You'll find support for either.

[Nilfennasion]

Go ahead, shun me then. When I make backups of cannibal/zombie massacre films from this date forward, they will all be on DVD+R. I have the player to play it, the recorder to record it, and as I said, I am far more impressed with the playback results.

As I keep saying, Toshiba, the DVD Consortium, and by extension the MPAA, all support -R. That alone is reason enough for me to go to +R.

[Cobra]

I use whatever I happen to pick up first in the PC store. I don't care what format it is, as long as it burns and plays.

After all, it's only a slightly different format. Not worth getting into (yet another) fight about.

Cobra

[Gillies]

when i first got my burner, i tried both and had 100% success with +R but troubles with the same companies -R... i suggest testing em both out for urself and determine what works better for u