DVD-R vs. DVD+R: What's better (1 Viewer)

[John Karpiscak]

Hi all: never mind the rest of the WWW, what do you think?

I've got a new Phillips DVD+R recorder upstairs and a JVC combo VCR/ DVD-R professional deck in the home theater. No problem in playing finalized disks on either deck or my computers.

Given like signal inputs, which format is better 'plus-R' or 'minus-R'? I can't tell.

BTW: The JVC deck is great. Doing a side by side VHS to DVD-R comparison after dubbing to DVD-R, the DVD comes out looking better . . . is that possible?

jk3

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[Dean_S]

-R discs will play in almost all DVD players. +R discs are in the 85% range for standalone player compatibility. Other then that I don't know which is better, I guess that depends on what you mean by better...to me -R is better b/c I can burn a movie and play it on anything, can't do that with a +R consistently.

 

[John Karpiscak]

That's all? Compatablity? Hum . . . . Good to know if I take DVDs to a friend's house

 

[Michael Reuben]

Like everything else, DVD-R compatibility has its limits. Older players (say, more than 3 years) may have trouble. The MPAA found that out the hard way when they used DVD-R to send out Oscar screeners, and a lot of members with older machines couldn't play them.

I have a Panasonic A310 from about 1998, and its performance with DVD-R is erratic at best, even though the DVD-Rs have been burned on a Pioneer recorder. My Sony 7000 won't even read DVD-R.

M.

 

[John Whittle]

I think the major difference between dash R and plus R as stated are compatiblity. But it gets even tricker with older equipment. I can make a DVD-R 4X that will play on everything I have, but if I do a DVD-R 8X of the same title, it won't play on a new Toshiba but will on the old Toshiba!

In the area of RW, I only have experience with plus RW which according to the specs has a wider degree of editing than the dash RW. The Liteon recorder will do all, the Aspire only does plus R/RW and does it badly.

So you also have recorder problems as well that leads to problems. Almost makes you wish it was as easy as Beta vs VHS.

John