The '-' in DVD-R is pronounced:

[indolikaa]

Gotta hand it to Sony/Philips add folks for making it seem that '+" is some how a negitive or minus when the DASH is actually more compatable dispite their slanted misleading promotions.

You can tell the newbees from their lack of knowledge of DVd recordable history, they only came onboard AFTEr the very negitive format oxymoronicaly calle "+" came out.

Par 4 the course.

[vitualis]

DVD-R = D V D R

DVD+R = D V D "plus" R

DVD-R = D V D "minus" R when talking to clueless salesperson...

Regards.

[thayne]

Who Gives a F*%k

Ditto... Seriously Who Gives a F*%k?

[SatStorm]

Dee Vee Dee are for DVD-R
Dee Vee Dee plus are for DVD+R

I use DVD minus R only to salesmen, most of them don't even know what they selling...

About TMPGenc, I prounounce it Tee - mpg (like you say mpeg-2 for example) enc (like the first part of the word encrypt
Tee - mpeg - Enc
I believe the creator of TMPGenc (Hori Son) must send to VCDhelp (and other sites) a small audio file pronouncing himself his program....

[tompika]

Gotta hand it to Sony/Philips add folks for making it seem that '+" is some how a negitive or minus when the DASH is actually more compatable dispite their slanted misleading promotions.

You can tell the newbees from their lack of knowledge of DVd recordable history, they only came onboard AFTEr the very negitive format oxymoronicaly calle "+" came out.

You (as an "expert") should know that DVD-R has about 95%, DVD+R 87% compatibility but my (as a "newbie") discs have 100% compatibility as they are burned with DVD-Rom booktype on Ricoh stuffs, no matter what program I use Nero ISO/UDF, DVD-video, RecordNow, DVDDecrypter, Moviefactory,....
And plus discs can always be burned at the speed they are rated a
The only + in the minus could be some Princo1x for $.70

PS don't makea plus-minus war I just replied to your stupid statement.

[FOO]

I will never understand why you children get
emotional about a purely objective technical
problem.

[tompika]

I will never understand why you children get
emotional about a purely objective technical
problem.

As I will never understand how people can talk about the compatibility
of the DVD+R/W when they've never burned a single DVD+R with
a plus burner and they've never put it in a single standalone player.

PS: I wish I was sixteen again as unfortunately I'm twice more than that.

[cim]

This is an easy one!!! When referring to DVD-Rs, I simply call them "blank discs"...

[boden11]

i usually say dvdr, but to specify i would say MINUS if i was talking to a store clerk looking for blank discs or in that sort of capacity. i always say PLUS R when describing +R discs. however even with my dual format burner i almost EXCLUSIVELY buy -R discs because of their lower cost, greater compatability and better experiences when burning em.

[indolikaa]

The guy that sells DVD recordable media out where I live pronounces DVD-R as, "oh, that shit." He's a big DVD+R fan. When cdfreaks.com posted their essay on the pros and cons of each format, you'd think he just found missing books of the Bible.

(in reference to statements made by 'arealgijoe') PS don't makea plus-minus war I just replied to your stupid statement.

I'm glad you said it. I posted the because anything else would've resulted in my first official yellow card.

[dougry]

I call them DVDR, period. But when I am explaining it to those who do not understand, I use minus just so they know there is a different between '-' and '+'

[tgpo]

I voted for "plus". no wait, that's not right.....

[waheed]

Previously, we've had a format war going on, which is better, "+" or "-". now it seems we've got another war going on, "minus" or "dash". whats next?

Just to cast my opinion, i call them MINUS!!!

[Faustus]

**speaks in most insane voice*

If you call it minus then you fall for their LiEs!

[Northstar]

DVD "Minus" R

Since the format sucks, especially "Minus" R/W.

I have to agree with that ...-R is ok tho

I use both but prefer +RW... -RW definately does suck arse big time

Whether its dash or minus i really dont care, i call it minus cause its what everyone i know and myself have always called it.

[coyote]

I am willing to bet it depends on which format you own.

If you have th "-r" format, I'm pretty sure that you DON'T want it called minus.

Actually, I think the alliance calls it dash so it isn't associated with a negative thing