[NTLUG:Discuss] DVD writing problems.

[Leroy Tennison]

Steve Baker wrote:
> terry wrote:
>> I gave up on  +RW  CD's long time ago because I had trouble with them - I
>> found that +R CDs were more reliable and since their price got down to 30
>> cents or so, it was easier to just use one type of writable disk and not go
>> to the trouble to have both - or not worth the cost of buying the more
>> expensive CD+RW.  Now that I have a DVD burner, I've not even considered +RW
>> as an option. You've just confirmed that decision as a good one; Thanks
> I think a lot of people who are following this thread are confused - I'm 
> not talking
> about the difference between +R and +RW - I'm talking about -RW versus +RW.
> 
> There are TWO competing DVD technologies, each in two flavors:
> 
>   DVD-R        --- DVD **MINUS** R  (write-once)
>   DVD-RW     --- DVD **MINUS** RW (erasable/rewritable)
> 
>   DVD+R        --- DVD **PLUS** RW (write-once)
>   DVD+RW    --- DVD **PLUS** RW (erasable/rewritable)
> 
> ....the "PLUS" and "MINUS" technologies are totally different (I think 
> maybe they
> need different laser frequencies or something).
> 
> Nearly everyone who has tried to help me has confused the two!    It 
> really matters
> whether you have PLUS or MINUS disks.  For example, my Sony Video disk
> camera can only write to DVD-RW's.  Our Sanyo DVD copier
> can only write DVD+RW's.
> 
> This Pioneer DVD drive that I'm having all of the problems with claims to
> be able to read and write BOTH technologies.  But in practice, it only 
> writes
> +R and +RW disks - but it fails to detect -R and -RW disks when the drive
> door closes.
> 
>    -- Steve.
> 
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If it's possible, time to vote with your pocketbook - return it for a
refund, do your research and buy something else.