Help with blank media please

BabyKat

I want some dvd and cd storage disc...
what ones is the best to get the minus or the plus? (-or+)?
i am a little confused as to which ones to get.
Do i get the dvd-rw or the plus? cd-rw or cd+rw?
Also where is the best place to get them i am looking at roughly about 25 of each and not too expensive

esuhl

Which discs you need depends on where you want to use them. If you want to play a CD in your CD walkman, a DVD won't work. If you have a standalone DVD player, it may only play DVD-Rs or DVD+Rs.

CD-Rs, DVD-Rs and DVD+Rs can be written to once, while CD-RWs, DVD-RWs and DVD+RWs can be erased and written to many times. RWs are more expensive than Rs, and often need to be burnt at a lower speed. There's no such thing as CD+Rs or CD+RWs.

If I remember rightly, DVD+Rs (and RWs) use a little bit more space for error-correction than DVD-Rs and DVD-RWs, so the capacity is very, very slightly lower, but may be more reliable in the long term.

Oh, I *think* that DVD-RAM can be read from and written to simultaneously, so you can record a programme off the TV while you're watching it, and pause the playback, while the rest of the programme is recorded... So long as the DVD-recorder accepts DVD-RAM disks!

Not sure the cheapest place to buy them, though. Surprisingly the Superdrug have pretty cheap discs...

Hope this helps...

aliEnRIK

The ONLY discs ive tried that have worked on everything (so far) are DATAWRITE TITANIUMS. (Any of them)
I recommend AGAINST RWs as these are rewritables, which are more expensive and tend not to work in some equipment.
I use ebay for mine now, be about 12 quid for a pack of 50 DVDs (Though packs of 25 will of course be cheaper)

esuhl

Yeah - I'm not keen on re-writables either - too many read/write problems. Most familiar CD brands that I have used have been fine. I did a bit of research before buying my first batch of DVDs and found that Verbatim were considered by far the most reliable - particularly for dual layer discs.

aliEnRIK

The Verbatim I used didnt work on either of my drives!

lilibeth

I use
Imation CD +RW
Tesco DVD + RW (cheapest and work)
datawrite DVD +R's
Tuffdisc DVD +R's
Aone +DL (very well priced and known to be good with liteons)

BabyKat

i want rw as i do crafts and periodically like to add more craft work to the same cd..hence i want rw.
I have been given a site by a friend ...have a look at this ones.
http://www.ukdvdr.co.uk/shop/Re-Writable-CD-RW-c-531.html