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[SuperHero]

What is the difference between DVD-R DVD+R?

Also currently what is the fastest recording speed available? I don't really see any value in a recorder that is less than 24x speed and would prefer faster. Consider that with my 52x CD-burner it takes just under 3 minutes to burn 700mb but a DVD of 4gb would take more than 15 minutes it is clear that speed is an issue when buying a DVD burner.

[Down from Above]

[Dalton]

Here's a link to a short, very easy to read guide to all DVD disks.

What is DVD?

DVD+r and DVD-r are a bit different. Apparently DVD-r works on more DVD players. I always get DVD-r for movies at Yongsan. Whenever I tell a dealer I want to record movies they give me that. They wave no when I point at other DVD discs.

Reading the boxes one day I found the LG DVD RW (super multi GSA 4081B) to have the fastest write speeds. Faster than the discs can accept. So I got that and I write to LG discs. DVD-r burn at 4X max but LG can write at 8X max.

The link is part of a site that's all about ripping and/or writing to CD and DVD.
Lots of guides and a forum for newbies and more advanced readers.

[Gollum]

I have bought and tried both, because my player plays both, but I prefer the + discs.

My burner doesn't seem to like burning the "-" discs at the higher 4x speed, so I stick to "+". That's just my machine, though.

[jaebea]

Even if you have a recorder that will do 24x (probably within the next 6 months at this rate of progression), it's going to be quite a wait till we have media that can burn that fast which is readily accessible.

Look at the dual layer situation. Dual Layer DVD burners have been out for a few months, but the dual layer media has only been reaching the consumer very recently.

jae.

[SuperHero]

Thanks for the info.. I'll just wait until everything is readily available at the speeds that I want.

[Gollum]

Buy one of the dual-layer machines.

That's my advice.