what's the difference between types of dvd's

[jTyler]

will the +r disks cw pte shows play on your computor

also

try dvd-r disks

have you ever burned a show type dvd before

you have not given us much info to go on

ken

What difference does it make weather or not a dvd-r or a dvd+r is used for burning? (excuse my ignorance)

Janis

[Guest Yachtsman1]

What difference does it make weather or not a dvd-r or a dvd+r is used for burning? (excuse my ignorance)

Janis

If you have an older DVD burner, it could be limited to the type of disc it can recognise. It usually has this info in the spec' I once bought a very expensive Sony surround sound cinema system, it wouldn't play my own produced DVD's, I had to buy a £20 cheepo from Asda that played any format of CD/DVD.

Yachtsman1

[Ken Cox]

JANIS

FOR STARTERS SEE

http://dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-R

AND

these 2 links are labelled cd but have a wealth of info on general problems

http://www.cdrfaq.org/

http://www.mrichter.com/cdr/welcome.htm

from a personal view i have found that +R disks do not play with some tv/player setups but have never had a -R disk not play

at present i am using my supply of +r dvd disks strictly for computer data file backup

ken

[potwnc]

Another important difference is that (some) DVD burners can reset (called bit setting) the "book type" of a +R disc so that a DVD player will see it as a DVD-ROM instead of a DVD+R. This is what commercially pressed DVDs are and they will play on any player. This cannot be done with -R discs.