(Sorry for the top post. Pine wouldn't include the whole digest.) If I want to: a) Make backups, I use DVD+RW. b) Make DVD's to test layout and menus, I use DVD+RW. c) Make DVD's to keep for use in my Samsung DVD-611 old piece of crap, I use DVD+R. d) Make DVD's to keep for use in my Sony DVP-F21, I use DVD+R. DVD+RW takes about two seconds to erase. That's very nice when reusing media for backups. It also happens that I have a plus-only recorder. It works well enough that there's no reason to buy another. Sony does make an effort to ensure + media playback. I'm sure they are not the only company to do that, or anything else. It's true that DVD+R and RW will not work in my old ThinkPad 600X DVD drive, and my next DVD recorder drive will write to both media, but I'll be staying with the plus format. When I buy a DVD player, you can be sure it will play +R and +RW discs. I also recommend to all my friends and family that they ensure the capability too. Chris On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 08:04:13AM -0600, Matt Murphy wrote: Let me rephrase then. If you want to: a) Send the DVD to someone else, use DVD-R b) Play the DVD in a DVD player, use DVD-R c) Use the DVD in a DVD-ROM drive, use DVD-R There are, of course, some DVD players and DVD-ROM drives that support DVD+R media, but they're few and far between. None of the DVD players purchased by/for family/friends this year would read DVD+R, but they all happily read DVD-R/DVD-RW. The difference between DVD- and DVD+ is that hardware makers are making concious efforts to ensure that their devices will read DVD-, DVD+ support just happens occasionally as a side effect. > Granted I did sell off my DVD+R/W recorder, but > under very specific circumstances, not because it didn't work in 98% > of the players I tried. (even some that wouldn't take -R) I definitely > preferred the +R, as it didn't take 8 years to finalize. Funny, it takes about 60 seconds to finalize on my system. > > Matt _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list