DVD-R's and DVD+R's

Ramz_3

whats the difference?

Parva

I don't know the technical differences but I do know that my DVD player will play some DVD- disks but will always play DVD+ disks. Maybe it's just my very fussy DVD player but I've found that any - or + disks which play on that will play on any other DVD player. I tend to stick to +R simply because my DVD player (or any others I've tried) never has a problem with them.

superscaper

They're two competing formats that never had an outright winner so many dvd devices are compatible with both. There's also the lesser used DVD RAM.

BexTech

- is the official format and + the Philips format.

There is little difference, though -R hold a few MB more.

Pirates used to go with -R as they used to be more compatible with players than +R, but most players today will play both. -r used to be much cheaper too, but the prices are more or less them same now.

+RW are easier for re-writing than -RW

-RAM are best for re-writeable use, however very few players play them, only a few recorders / writers write to them.


I use -R for single use, and +RW for multi use.