- vs + : by BRAND (ie, is TY - better than its +)

[Shudder]

Basically what this mean is not if - is better than + or vice versa..

What I'm asking is something like - Prodisc better or worse than its +? It seems that with some it's their - that is good while the + sucks, for some it seems to be the other way around.

Anyone have a good rule of thumb with brands or a good place to look at the different qualities among same branded discs?

[budz]

It would really depend on what your standalone dvd player can play. Older standalone dvd players can not playback the + media. Only way it could is if you use a dvd burner that has bitsetting capability like NEC or LITEON burners. Use whatever media works well for you. DVD-R is more compatible with older standalone dvd players.

[nufan292]

And some burners also have a tendency to burn one format better than the other.

[budz]

And some burners also have a tendency to burn one format better than the other.

Yup, the Liteon drives tend to like the DVD+R MEDIA than DVD-R. I only bought my Liteon 411s because it was dirt cheap. Dunno if I'd buy another Liteon drive.

[ebenton]

The complication with this question is that some media brands use different manufacturers for their - and + disks. For instance, Memorex for a while used CMC (crappy) for their - disks and (I think) Ricoh (good) for their + disks. This has changed, and will probably change again.
Others do the same thing, so you would have to, at the very least, put each - and + disks into a drive and run DVDinfoPro to find out who makes them. In addition, some older disks might be made by one manufacturer and new ones made by another.
It's a moving target. Whatever answers you get today could change tomorrow.

[DVDJET]

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

[Gen-An]

Here is an interesting perspective on + vs - manufacturing processes and quality: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.php?p=683372&postcount=86