dvd+r(r/w) or dvd-r(r/w) ... which to choose ...

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  • lopxtc
    Unix Geek
    • Oct 2001
    • 2706
    #1

    dvd+r(r/w) or dvd-r(r/w) ... which to choose ...

    So looking at allot of the $100-$129.99 DVD burners and thinking I need to get one ...

    Which format do you guys think is the better one ... Ive looked at the dual format drives (ones able to burn + and -) ... but they are more then I care to blow on a weekend for the hell of it shopping trip ...


    Aaron
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    • pputkowski
      has soul
      • Jul 2002
      • 1016
      #2
      i've got a dvd+rw and it seems capatible with everything

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        • fire1811
          Firefighter
          • Nov 2002
          • 4930
          #3
          i had a DVD-R and couldnt find one dvd player it didnt play in.

          sold that for a Sony DRU-500AX
          its a DVD-R/W and DVD+R/W
          that way which ever format they decide im covered

          also keep in mind DVD+R discs are a bit more $$ then -R
          "The Few Who Do Are The Envy Of The Many Who Only Stand And Watch"

          Alway Remember *343*

          Si vis pacem, para bellum

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            • RobAGD
              Cantankerous Administrator

              • Oct 2000
              • 2030
              #4
              the +r +rw is a bit more widly accepted. I have one in my laptop and the disks it maker have managed to play on everything i have stuck them in .


              -Robert
              Serving AGD customers since 93, wishing I could beat some common since into some of them about 5 hrs later.

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                • Matt_mg
                  Registered User
                  • Jun 2003
                  • 198
                  #5
                  Just buy a DVD burner with the 2 modes...

                  My favorite is the Pioneer DVR-A06U (DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+R DVD+RW CD+R CD+RW) it really owns ANY other for DVD burning, not the fastest cd wise though but who cares about cds anymore (jk )...

                  My beef with the Sony DRU-500AX is that with the supplied software it's really slow... If you want to shell out extra buck for Roxio's software then the Sony might be faster.
                  bla bla bla, does anyone read this anyway ?

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                    • fire1811
                      Firefighter
                      • Nov 2002
                      • 4930
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Matt_mg
                      [My beef with the Sony DRU-500AX is that with the supplied software it's really slow... If you want to shell out extra buck for Roxio's software then the Sony might be faster. [/B]

                      never even used the software that came with it except
                      powerDVD for watching them

                      for all my "Backup" copies
                      i use http://www.dvdxcopy.com/products_dxcx.asp

                      its an awesome program. compresses entire dvd to one disk with all the extras with no visual problems and best of all it only takes you two clicks to do it.

                      put disk in click copy/ put blank in and click again
                      "The Few Who Do Are The Envy Of The Many Who Only Stand And Watch"

                      Alway Remember *343*

                      Si vis pacem, para bellum

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                        • RobAGD
                          Cantankerous Administrator

                          • Oct 2000
                          • 2030
                          #7
                          I have had alsmot no luck with DVD Xcopy, I have a 4gb disk that it refuses to put onto one disk. I have a movie that shoudl fit no problems and it wont do it.

                          I have another that is "too big" for one disk so it say it can put the dvd on one disk but minus the "special features"

                          You know what those special features are ? 3/4 of the damn movie !

                          Mine is going back, and I am going to try something else.

                          -Robert
                          Serving AGD customers since 93, wishing I could beat some common since into some of them about 5 hrs later.

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                            • fire1811
                              Firefighter
                              • Nov 2002
                              • 4930
                              #8
                              lol thats funny

                              i have been using dvdxcopy
                              since a week after it was released and havnt burnt one coaster yet. lucky i guess.


                              also since i bought it so early i got dvdxpress and
                              dvdplatinum free

                              i use dvdxpress the most since it compresses the whole movie to one disk.

                              what do you use now?
                              "The Few Who Do Are The Envy Of The Many Who Only Stand And Watch"

                              Alway Remember *343*

                              Si vis pacem, para bellum

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