DVD+R and DVD-R

[Philbong]

Just a quick one and this must sound really stupid but what is the difference between DVD+R and DVD-R ?

 

[techman3030]

Check out this webpage. It offers some entry level info.

http://www.dvdirect.com/TSS/charts/DVDFormats.htm

Hope this helps.

 

[dakota81]

Which company earns royalties from the production of the drives & discs, that's the biggest difference.

They hold the same amount of data, same length of video, etc. The -R came first & is cheaper. The +R format I think is a bit better for the rewritable discs and possibly also a bit better in error recovery (like minor scratches on the disc surfase).

 

[cdogg]

Quick explanation and other useful info:

http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvd

~cdogg
[tab]"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources"
[tab][tab]- A. Einstein

 

[dakota81]

And it looks as if we're going to have 3 competing standards for the new hd dvd that's supposed to come out in the next year or two... yikes!

 

[teknikal]

I've been looking into this myself and it seems that DVD-R is slightly more compatible than DVD+R on DVD players. But you definitely can't go wrong with getting a dual-format burner.

 

[milomorai]

just wait for the blue laser dvd writers - much faster and have an upper limit of 27gb/dvd plus they are two-sided. they should be out by mid 2004.