Question on the new DVD-RW burners... Can be read in regular DVD-rom?

[Evadman]

I am looking at getting a DVD-RW, and was wondering if the disks burned in the new DVD-RW drives can now be read in a regular DVD player ( like a movie player, not just another computer drive )

Last I heard, the disks did not have enough reflection to be played in a regular DVD drive. Anyone heard different?

 

[Eug]

VCDhelp.com says:

70% of DVD+RW discs,
70% of DVD-RW discs,
90% of DVD-R discs can be read in a standard DVD player.

Fortunately, a DVD-RW will burn DVD-R discs.

 

[MustISO]

I've burned a few discs as UDF/ISO that play fine in DVD-ROM drives. I haven't been able to get a DATA DVD to play in a DVD-ROM drive yet. I'm using NERO and I've tried straight ISO, UDF/ISO and UDF and it just doesn't seem to work. Maybe a firmware upgrade is needed.

 

[Nothinman]

A friend of mine has a G4 tower with a DVD-RW and all the UDF DVD-R and DVD-RW discs we burned read fine in my laptop DVD drive.

 

[MustISO]

Nothinman, how were they burnt? Were they movies or were they data? Which program did he use and which options were selected?

 

[Nothinman]

Normal UDF data DVDs, we never tried a movie because the software limits you to 60 minutes per disc to stop you from copying DVD movies and we didn't have any <60m mpgs around.

Think we used both Roxio Toast and the built in software.

 

[MustISO]

Damn, I'm an idiot. I never thought to try a different DVD-ROM drive until today. All the other drives I tested can read the disc perfectly. Guess my old DVD-ROM just doesn't support DVD-R. Thanks for all the help.

 

[poonjahb]

<< VCDhelp.com says:

70% of DVD+RW discs,
70% of DVD-RW discs,
90% of DVD-R discs can be read in a standard DVD player.

Fortunately, a DVD-RW will burn DVD-R discs. >>



I have an HP DVD-100i, I can't even get it to recognize a DVD-R disc as valid media. I am currently trying to use the software that came with the drive from HP. Is there a hack or better software that might help me burn DVD-R discs?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[daddyo]

We have yet to get a DVD-RW disc to work with our consumer DVD player, but the DVD+RW discs work fine.

My money is on DVD+RW in the long run.

 

[Eug]

<< We have yet to get a DVD-RW disc to work with our consumer DVD player, but the DVD+RW discs work fine.

My money is on DVD+RW in the long run. >>

It depends on the DVD player but DVD+RW is not the format to use if you want maximum compatibility. Neither is DVD-RW. If anything it'd be DVD-R, and potentially DVD+R, but the latter is not yet available. DVD-R is MUCH more compatible than both DVD+RW and DVD-RW.


<< I have an HP DVD-100i, I can't even get it to recognize a DVD-R disc as valid media. I am currently trying to use the software that came with the drive from HP. Is there a hack or better software that might help me burn DVD-R discs? >>

Ummmm... The DVD-100i ONLY supports DVD+RW. It does not support DVD-R. It seems that HP won't be able to incorporate DVD+R support in future firmware updates either:

"The DVD+RW developers group will be introducing a high-reflectivity DVD+R media that should be readable by more drives and players. However, the DVD 100i won't be able to write to DVD+R without a firmware upgrade, which HP doesn't plan on providing."

 

[OracleMan]

If you're making movie it would be better off using DVDit or Pinnacle. You can create dvd menu along with it.