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dvd+r vs. dvd-r

When I was at Fry's, they basically told me to go with DVD-R for the greatest compatibility, even though they admitted some of the newest drives only read +R. Very confusing.
 
Most DVD players and drives made in the last few years have no problems reading both. +R is the newer format, and is recommended if your drive supports bitsetting, as -R does not. Bitsetting allows you to finalize the burns on +R media so that DVD players recognize the media as DVD-ROM, which is the format of all retail game and movie DVDs.

In theory, this should give you the highest compatibility rate, better than +R (without bitsetting) or -R.
 
Yup, -R is most compatible with home entertainment players, etc. (no bit setting needed) While +R is the more advanced (most agree better as well) technology. Others have already mentioned how to use the Book type data (bit setting) to emulate DVD-ROM with +R media.

.bh.
 
Originally posted by: Excelsior
Originally posted by: n7
Yeah, +R & bitsetting ftw (i got that on both my DVD burners).
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'Tis what I do and every burn I have made works on a number of players.
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Ditto. Even the first generation Toshiba DVD player that I purchased back in 1999 (and recently gave to my father) hasn't had any trouble with a single DVD+R disc with DVD-ROM bitsetting. Now, -R...that gives it all sorts of fits.
 
i do recall the for example, since DVD+R is more advance (it isn't officially supported by the DVD forum or something like that) it is better. for example, DVD+RW disks are like HDD. u can erase specific files. on DVD-RW u have to erase the entire disk...
 
Originally posted by: ForumMaster
i do recall the for example, since DVD+R is more advance (it isn't officially supported by the DVD forum or something like that) it is better. for example, DVD+RW disks are like HDD. u can erase specific files. on DVD-RW u have to erase the entire disk...
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I've never heard of that before.
 
So can you burn data (backup files) to a dvd-r so it will be readable like a hd drive on a pc with a dvd drive? And NOT using packet writing like inCD. I want to burn folders/files onto dvd and read it in pc dvd drives. InCD will do it but you need inCD installed to read it too. I dont want that.
 
Non big technical explanation.

-r more compatible with older players.

+r burns slightly faster due to the toc
 
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