Dvd dl + vs

Calvin Bellows · June 20th, 2011, 09:59 AM

High everyone. I know with regular DVDs that if you use the -R there is a better chance that the DVD will play in most DVD players. I have been searching for DL DVDs and it is harder to find -DL. Will the +DL work on most machines like the -R's?

Eugene J. Kulak · June 21st, 2011, 05:29 AM

Hi Calvin, for what it's worth, during the past several years I have burned and duplicated single sided dual layer DVD's in the hundreds with no problems what-so-ever. I have tested them on DVD, and Blu-Ray players ranging from high end to low end and they have all played fine, and to date, I have never had a customer complain of disk failures. This is not to say that some old outdated DVD players will not have problems. I have only been using Verbatim DVD+R DL injet printable blanks. Your burners need to be dual-layer compatable with up to date firmware. I hope this was helpful.
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Warren Kawamoto · June 21st, 2011, 12:23 PM

I too have been distributing dl+ for several years, and have never had a customer complaint.

Pete Cofrancesco · June 26th, 2011, 10:33 PM

another vote for DL+ I use it for things like long musicals that are over 2hrs long

Peter Manojlovic · June 29th, 2011, 09:06 PM

Rule of thumb....

DVD -R, and DVD +DL (with bitsetting to DVD Rom) for compatibility...

I stick to Tayo Yuden's for DVD -R and Verbatims for DVD +DL..

Randall Leong · June 29th, 2011, 10:44 PM

I vote for the +R DL rather than the -R DL: The -R DL discs are far more sensitive than +R DL media or any single-layer DVD media to even the tiniest of errors from the write lasers, and the resulting burns onto such media are much less compatible with standalone DVD players than +R DL discs or single-layer discs. Plus, +R DL discs can be bitset to DVD-ROM for increased compatibility with standalone DVD players (and on those burners that do not support bitsetting of single-layer +R media, +R DL media is automatically bitset to DVD-ROM no matter what).

June 20th, 2011, 09:59 AM	#1
Calvin Bellows Major Player Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Red Deer, Alberta Posts: 215	Dvd dl + vs - High everyone. I know with regular DVDs that if you use the -R there is a better chance that the DVD will play in most DVD players. I have been searching for DL DVDs and it is harder to find -DL. Will the +DL work on most machines like the -R's? __________________ Calvin Bellows www.exposureproductions.ca

June 21st, 2011, 05:29 AM	#2
Eugene J. Kulak Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: New Britain, CT Posts: 95	Re: Dvd dl + vs - Hi Calvin, for what it's worth, during the past several years I have burned and duplicated single sided dual layer DVD's in the hundreds with no problems what-so-ever. I have tested them on DVD, and Blu-Ray players ranging from high end to low end and they have all played fine, and to date, I have never had a customer complain of disk failures. This is not to say that some old outdated DVD players will not have problems. I have only been using Verbatim DVD+R DL injet printable blanks. Your burners need to be dual-layer compatable with up to date firmware. I hope this was helpful. __________________ __________________ Gene, Black Hole Video

June 21st, 2011, 12:23 PM	#3
Warren Kawamoto Trustee Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 1,435	Re: Dvd dl + vs - I too have been distributing dl+ for several years, and have never had a customer complaint.

June 26th, 2011, 10:33 PM	#4
Pete Cofrancesco Inner Circle Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 2,995	Re: Dvd dl + vs - another vote for DL+ I use it for things like long musicals that are over 2hrs long

June 29th, 2011, 09:06 PM	#5
Peter Manojlovic Major Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hamilton Ontario Posts: 769	Re: Dvd dl + vs - Rule of thumb.... DVD -R, and DVD +DL (with bitsetting to DVD Rom) for compatibility... I stick to Tayo Yuden's for DVD -R and Verbatims for DVD +DL..

June 29th, 2011, 10:44 PM	#6
Randall Leong Major Player Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Melrose Park, Illinois, USA Posts: 936	Re: Dvd dl + vs - I vote for the +R DL rather than the -R DL: The -R DL discs are far more sensitive than +R DL media or any single-layer DVD media to even the tiniest of errors from the write lasers, and the resulting burns onto such media are much less compatible with standalone DVD players than +R DL discs or single-layer discs. Plus, +R DL discs can be bitset to DVD-ROM for increased compatibility with standalone DVD players (and on those burners that do not support bitsetting of single-layer +R media, +R DL media is automatically bitset to DVD-ROM no matter what).