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Roger Lee · September 16th, 2008, 04:09 PM

Is one or the other better for an all purpose finished product?

I'm sure there is a thread on this somewhere, but I couldn't find it.

Thanks to anyone willing to help.

Rog Lee

Nate Haustein · September 16th, 2008, 04:23 PM

I'm sure someone else can give you a better, more technically sound answer, but I've always been told to use, and always used DVD-Rs.

Chris Hurd · September 16th, 2008, 04:30 PM

Moved here from Canon XH... why it was posted there, I have no idea.

Roger Lee · September 16th, 2008, 04:52 PM

Chris,

Thanks for moving this post.

Ian Briscoe · September 16th, 2008, 05:02 PM

Like Nate, I always thought DVD-R was more compatible. But, apparently with DVD+Rs there is a flag "Book Type" which can be set with programs like Nero which is supposed to make them more caompatible - something to do with fooling the DVD player into believing it's playing a commercial DVD.

Ian

Tripp Woelfel · September 16th, 2008, 06:06 PM

-R. Full stop.

By consensus, it's the most compatible. If you're going to have problems, it will be with a very old player. The new ones will almost play an English Muffin.

+R may offer some bit fiddling options that will make them, in theory, more compatible, but do you want to spend time as a crash test dummy trying to get it to work. Shying away from corner-case solutions will give you more time to spend on your creative efforts.

Personally, I only use -R and have never had a customer complain about a bad disk.

Pete Cofrancesco · September 16th, 2008, 08:14 PM

DVD-R is more compatible. Although the player would have to be very old to be an issue.

Shaun Roemich · September 16th, 2008, 08:51 PM

I'm a DVD-R guy myself, Taiyo Yuden for ANYTHING that a client sees, whatever is on sale for my own personal non-mission critical stuff. The only issue I'm aware of with minus R's is OLD Dells with DVD-Roms didn't much like reading them and the OLD Dell writers wouldn't write to a minus.

September 16th, 2008, 04:09 PM	#1
Roger Lee Major Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Western Minnesota Posts: 227	Dvd+r? Dvd-r? Is one or the other better for an all purpose finished product? I'm sure there is a thread on this somewhere, but I couldn't find it. Thanks to anyone willing to help. Rog Lee

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Nate Haustein Trustee Join Date: May 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 1,313	I'm sure someone else can give you a better, more technically sound answer, but I've always been told to use, and always used DVD-Rs. __________________ Nate Haustein PXW-FX9 / FCPX www.flightcreativemedia.com

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September 16th, 2008, 08:51 PM	#8
Shaun Roemich Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia (formerly Winnipeg, Manitoba) Canada Posts: 4,088	I'm a DVD-R guy myself, Taiyo Yuden for ANYTHING that a client sees, whatever is on sale for my own personal non-mission critical stuff. The only issue I'm aware of with minus R's is OLD Dells with DVD-Roms didn't much like reading them and the OLD Dell writers wouldn't write to a minus. __________________ Shaun C. Roemich Road Dog Media - Vancouver, BC - Videographer - Webcaster www.roaddogmedia.ca Blog: http://roaddogmedia.wordpress.com/

September 16th, 2008, 04:52 PM	#4
Roger Lee Major Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Western Minnesota Posts: 227	Chris, Thanks for moving this post.

September 16th, 2008, 05:02 PM	#5
Ian Briscoe Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Southport - UK Posts: 208	Like Nate, I always thought DVD-R was more compatible. But, apparently with DVD+Rs there is a flag "Book Type" which can be set with programs like Nero which is supposed to make them more caompatible - something to do with fooling the DVD player into believing it's playing a commercial DVD. Ian

September 16th, 2008, 06:06 PM	#6
Tripp Woelfel Trustee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Conway, NH Posts: 1,745	-R. Full stop. By consensus, it's the most compatible. If you're going to have problems, it will be with a very old player. The new ones will almost play an English Muffin. +R may offer some bit fiddling options that will make them, in theory, more compatible, but do you want to spend time as a crash test dummy trying to get it to work. Shying away from corner-case solutions will give you more time to spend on your creative efforts. Personally, I only use -R and have never had a customer complain about a bad disk.

September 16th, 2008, 08:14 PM	#7
Pete Cofrancesco Inner Circle Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 2,995	DVD-R is more compatible. Although the player would have to be very old to be an issue.