DVD format for archiving

[Mark99]

I have a lot of digital photos that I want to store and hopefully keep for a long time. I just got a multi-format DVD writer and my dilemma is: shall I write in DVD-R or DVD+R? After you write a DVD, is it simply a DVD and will play in any DVD-ROM, or is it forever a DVD-R or a DVD+R? My fear is that I will archive my work on DVD and in just a couple of years, the format will be extinct? Which format shall I use? Any suggestion would be helpful.

[jwedge]

You will have to do what we all do keep copying to new formats...just like VHS to VCD and now DVD-R.

[Mark99]

So you're suggesting DVD-R (rather than DVD+R) ??

[ImaWeTodd]

After written, it (+ or -) will be readable in any DVD-Rom.

Well god knows there are probably some really old units out there that were made before DVD+R, so any is a strong word. So let's say 99.9%.

This info is under "What is DVDr"


[edit] You should be more concerned about high quality media and storage of it. The other day, I had to use 4 different drives to try to recover data from a cdr. My newest drive (the dvd burner) did the trick.