DVD+ or DVD- ?

[Mr. Longhorn]

Is there really a big difference between the two? I was told that only certain DVD players play + and only certain play - . Has anyone come across this? I am fixing to go out and buy a bunch of them. I know that mine plays DVD- , but I was just asking if anyone knows what Xbox will play or certain brand DVD players. Thanks for the info.

 

[BA93]

I believe that newer DVD players will play both. Sounds bad but the only way to be sure is to test your player will both.

 

[wherzwaldo]

I have some DVD+RW discs I've burned and my ~1 year old DVD player won't play a damn thing. Go with -.

 

[kevwun]

Same thing happened to us at work. DVD+RW wouldn't play in a player that was less than a year old. I would go with waldo's advice.

 

[pmg]

Read the specs. Make sure it's DVD+-RW.

 

[jcdenton]

I read an article about a year ago where they tested a ton of DVD players of varying ages. The success rate for DVD+R was something like 95% and I believe the success rate of DVD-R was 99%.

 

[Mr. Longhorn]

I appreciate the info. I was pretty much going to go with DVD-, but wanted other opinions. Thanks again.

 

[Monkey_Horn]

I had to use them for a project. If you have to record something to them, they said DVD- works with Macs & the DVD+ works with PCs.

 

[MikeUT89]

My five year old Toshiba will play DVD + but will not even recognize the DVD -

Best to buy a small pack of both and test them out on your equipment.

 

[TTUStudent]

My four year old cheap *** KLH dvd player will play both +R and -R.

I would buy like a 5 pack of each kind and see which one your dvd player or players prefer.


why would you guys buy RW's ?

 

[LosIllini]

Go to The Link and look under DVD Players for your model. You should see a lot of user comments on which types of media play with what drives.

I use TDK DVD+R's myself- w/ success on Pioneer, Apex and newer Sony DVD players.