Going to buy a Pioneer A06, what's better +r or -R for data

[bnbhoha]

Going to buy a Pioneer A06, what's better +r or -R for data? I did a google search. It appears that the +r does not have to be finalized, is that the only difference?

[jaxxboss]

Only u can decide that. Most people first check to see what their standalone will play first then go with that. Buy a few of each and fart around. I burn +R and play em in my ps2 and they work great, but will be getting a jvc svn33 for $45.00 on the base exchange come Black Friday and then Ill just buy whatever is on sale because it will play both, even though the ps2 will play both.

[bnbhoha]

Thanks, I was hoping the +r would have similar attributes as dvd ram. It says that you don't have to finalize the the +r disc and can make changes anytime, does that mean it will act like hard drive? Can I add a delete data from a pc on these like ram?

[AarontheRipper]

I may be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that DVD-Ram is the only format that works like a floppy. That's really the only reason that DVD-Ram is still around. I really don't think that either disk would give you a significant advantage over the other. Buy whatever's cheaper.

[jaxxboss]

If you are speaking of writing over the dvd then NO. If it is a +RW then yes. +R has lossless linking

[bnbhoha]

If you are speaking of writing over the dvd then NO. If it is a +RW then yes. +R has lossless linking

Jaxxbox, I'm confused now. Can you explain further, thanks.

[garryheather]

I'm a -R man myself and have no problems, BUT, saying that...

+R has the edge over -R on data because:

1. Better error correction (at the expense of a few Mb in size)
2. Marginally faster access times due to the way the data is organised and more reliable clocking mechanism
3. I have never seen packet writing for a -R drive

If you're using the discs for data, don't worry about standalone playability quite so much. Playing video on a standalone can be a bit of a black art, but so long as the player is +R compatible, if that data happens to be say MP3's or something your player can handle, you should be OK.