Is DVD+R or DVD-R better?

[academic]

I just installed a DVD writer (Sony)

It does DVD+R and DVD-R.

I see the media sells for the same price.

Which is better to use.

Do they each have some advantage over the other?

What about DVD+RW and DVD-RW, same question.

It gives speeds for PCAV, CAV and CLV

Is that different media or options to be selected



Thanks for any help

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

DVD+R and DVD-R 101:
http://netforbeginners.about.com/cs/multimedia/a/DVD_explained.htm

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| I just installed a DVD writer (Sony)
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| It does DVD+R and DVD-R.
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| I see the media sells for the same price.
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| Which is better to use.
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| Do they each have some advantage over the other?
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| What about DVD+RW and DVD-RW, same question.
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| It gives speeds for PCAV, CAV and CLV
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| Is that different media or options to be selected
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| Thanks for any help
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[academic]

I was hoping to get someone's opinion.

thanks for the reply

 

[Jonny]

Means absolutely nothing except perhaps to the standalone DVD player only
the resulting DVD is played on is the bottom line of all the hype. That
should be your only concern.

 

[Falcon]

I was hoping to get someone's opinion.

Opinions on this are like asking which is better, Ford or Chevy? Be
that as it may, never stopped me from adding my $0.02 worth so here
is my opinion. I have a DVD burner with both flavors in my laptop
and also a stand alone player/recorder hooked to the cable TV decoder
box which also does both. I researched bunches of webpages and then
did my own testing since the web info was ambiguous. I bought a few
of each type (+R and -R) and recorded the same thing on them using
the stand alone and the computer burner then tested each type on six
different DVD players hooked to TV's in various places and on two
separate computers. A couple at the house and sent samples of each
to friends to test on whatever DVD player they had. The verdict was
most DVD's played either one equally well but one DVD stand alone
player (I forget the brand) would not handle the +R version but ran
the -R fine. Based on this admittedly small sample point I opted to
quit fussing about it and just use the -R and have never had a
problem with compatibility. I buy bulk Taiyo Yuden -R at roughly
$0.38 each and never made a coaster or one that would not play. Here
is a link I found for media type that you may find useful once you
decide which format you prefer.

http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I just installed a DVD writer (Sony)
It does DVD+R and DVD-R.
I see the media sells for the same price.
Which is better to use.
Do they each have some advantage over the other?
What about DVD+RW and DVD-RW, same question.
It gives speeds for PCAV, CAV and CLV
Is that different media or options to be selected

DVD+R and DVD-R 101:
http://netforbeginners.about.com/cs/multimedia/a/DVD_explained.htm

I was hoping to get someone's opinion.

This is one of those cases where you have to form your own opinion for your
situation.
Why do I put it that way? Simple..

Let's say you have a few older DVD (stand-alone home theatre type) players
in your home. You go out and buy DVD+R media. You burn a movie on your
computer and it plays great on your computer.. You bring it to the DVD play
(first of say three) and it plays fine as well. You take it to number (2) &
(3) and you get nothing.

Now let's say you go out and buy DVD-R media. You burn a movie on your
computer and it plays great on your computer.. You bring it to the DVD play
(first of say three) and it does nothing. You take it to number (2) & (3)
and you get the movie - as expected..

So - which is better for you? I still don't know. The one that played
DVD+R media fine but not DVD-R may be in your $50,000 home theatre setup
with HD Projection and Surround Sound with movie-theatre like seats.. Or it
might be in your kitchen. But then again your significant other might like
to watch DVDs in the kitchen and you don't want them PO'd at you.. And the
beat goes on.

Experiment, figure it out.

I use both pretty interchangeably. -/+R/RW doesn't bother me. Haven't
gotten into DL yet and never had interest in DVD-RAM.

 

[academic]

Great answer

thanks

Opinions on this are like asking which is better, Ford or Chevy? Be
that as it may, never stopped me from adding my $0.02 worth so here
is my opinion. I have a DVD burner with both flavors in my laptop
and also a stand alone player/recorder hooked to the cable TV decoder
box which also does both. I researched bunches of webpages and then
did my own testing since the web info was ambiguous. I bought a few
of each type (+R and -R) and recorded the same thing on them using
the stand alone and the computer burner then tested each type on six
different DVD players hooked to TV's in various places and on two
separate computers. A couple at the house and sent samples of each
to friends to test on whatever DVD player they had. The verdict was
most DVD's played either one equally well but one DVD stand alone
player (I forget the brand) would not handle the +R version but ran
the -R fine. Based on this admittedly small sample point I opted to
quit fussing about it and just use the -R and have never had a
problem with compatibility. I buy bulk Taiyo Yuden -R at roughly
$0.38 each and never made a coaster or one that would not play. Here
is a link I found for media type that you may find useful once you
decide which format you prefer.

http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

 

[academic]

Thanks a lot

This is one of those cases where you have to form your own opinion for
your situation.
Why do I put it that way? Simple..

Let's say you have a few older DVD (stand-alone home theatre type) players
in your home. You go out and buy DVD+R media. You burn a movie on your
computer and it plays great on your computer.. You bring it to the DVD
play (first of say three) and it plays fine as well. You take it to
number (2) & (3) and you get nothing.

Now let's say you go out and buy DVD-R media. You burn a movie on your
computer and it plays great on your computer.. You bring it to the DVD
play (first of say three) and it does nothing. You take it to number (2)
& (3) and you get the movie - as expected..

So - which is better for you? I still don't know. The one that played
DVD+R media fine but not DVD-R may be in your $50,000 home theatre setup
with HD Projection and Surround Sound with movie-theatre like seats.. Or
it might be in your kitchen. But then again your significant other might
like to watch DVDs in the kitchen and you don't want them PO'd at you..
And the beat goes on.

Experiment, figure it out.

I use both pretty interchangeably. -/+R/RW doesn't bother me. Haven't
gotten into DL yet and never had interest in DVD-RAM.

 

[academic]

I got great answers to what I asked but I did a terrible job asking.

I'm more interested in using the media with the computer for backup of files
and such.

Maybe the answers I got apply to this also, but I'm wondering about speed,
the ability to do multisession (on a PC), do they appear the same to the PC
user?

Are there any differences that show up to a PC user?

Thanks again

 

[academic]

thanks

Means absolutely nothing except perhaps to the standalone DVD player only
the resulting DVD is played on is the bottom line of all the hype. That
should be your only concern.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I got great answers to what I asked but I did a terrible job asking.

I'm more interested in using the media with the computer for backup
of files and such.

Maybe the answers I got apply to this also, but I'm wondering about
speed, the ability to do multisession (on a PC), do they appear the
same to the PC user?

Are there any differences that show up to a PC user?

Doesn't matter what you use, then. Speed/etc are more determined by the
speed rating of the DVD (+/-) and the speed of your burner.. I see no
difference when using them to backup data.

 

[academic]

That makes it easy

thanks

Doesn't matter what you use, then. Speed/etc are more determined by the
speed rating of the DVD (+/-) and the speed of your burner.. I see no
difference when using them to backup data.

 

[DVD-r]

One tip I learned:

DVD+R use for the computer
DVD-R use for TV

Yes the +R will work on most DVDs, but not all. So far, I have not heard of
one DVD player rejecting a DVD-R

 

[Shenan Stanley]

One tip I learned:

DVD+R use for the computer
DVD-R use for TV

Yes the +R will work on most DVDs, but not all. So far, I have not
heard of one DVD player rejecting a DVD-R

You've heard of it now. =)
I have three different DVD players.
My Genica will not do DVD-Rs.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

One tip I learned:

DVD+R use for the computer
DVD-R use for TV

Yes the +R will work on most DVDs, but not all. So far, I have not
heard of one DVD player rejecting a DVD-R

You've heard of it now. =)
I have three different DVD players.
My Genica will not do DVD-Rs.

I also have friends with some Panasonic DVD players and one with a Sony that
will play +Rs, but not -Rs.
That's why I don't care what I use for my computer - I assume if I wrote
it - I can read it...
But I test with a couple of DVDs (already burned on each media) with new
players before I burn new movies for someone.