NEW DVD DL burner question

[butlafer]

ive noticed all the dvd burners out right now are only 2.4X DVD+R9 wheres the minus??? will the next line of DL dvds have -R9 or what? im confused i really need - because my dvd player only plays minus. If someone could answer this that would help greatly thanks

cheers

 

[Belzer]

"because my dvd player only plays minus". It will most likely play + discs too if you bitset them to DVD-ROM.
There is no reason to believe -R DL will be more compatible than +R DL as it will also be completely new format and just because your DVD player plays single layer DVD-Rs there is no guarantee it will play DL DVD-Rs.
-R DL is scheduled to be released by the year's end at the earliest.

 

[butlafer]

thanks for the reply but how the heck do you bitset them Belzer? im no noob at computers but burning dvds kinda, how and what does bitset do.

 

[Belzer]

The burner's firmware must support bitsetting so it depends on what writer you have if and how you can do it. DVD writers from for example BenQ, HP, Lite-On, Ricoh and others support bitsetting while for example DVD writers from Optorite, Pioneer and Sony don't support bitsetting.
If you are going to buy a DVD+R DL writer be sure to get one that supports bitsetting as compatibility for +R DL without bitsetting is just about 40-60% while with bitsetting it's more like 80-90% (based on the early tests I've seen).