DVD Recordables

flats

I should probably know this, but i'm just wondering what is the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R??

BloodBath

Wasn't sure myself but it's two different disk types. Apparenly the-R is lower quality than the +R. Most of todays dvd-r's can burn both.


BloodBath

carrolls

DVD+ has a variable bit rate encoding whereas DVD- has constant bit rate encoding .
So therefore if you record a test card using DVD- you end up using a hell of a lot more disk space than DVD+.

flats

Ya, well I want to backup my DVD movies. So it doesn't matter which format i use then, does it.

ando

sorry to hijack this thread, but does anyone know where you can get the special Biro's that you can use to write onto Blank DVD-R's? I've got lots of blank dvdr's + cdr's and I dunno whats on them!

L5

peats, or any of the other electronics shops id say....

Mutant_Fruit

Special Marker? i just use any old bog standard marker. It works fine, no need to splash out on super special markers.

Booster

Originally posted by Mutant_Fruit
Special Marker? i just use any old bog standard marker. It works fine, no need to splash out on super special markers.

I used normal markers to write on cheap ass PC line CD's and it destroyed them.

daveyjoe

My friend gave me some CD-r's and asked me to burn 14 albums for him, I obliged but I forgot to write the name on them. So he decided to write the names on them himself with a BALLPOINT PEN, it was the funiest thing ever, he even wrote the tracklisting on the CD. I laughed hard that day.

flats

On a second point, does anyone know where i could get dual layer DVD+R's

leeroybrown

There aren't any burners available yet that will burn Dual Layer DVD's. Afaik, Sony have demo'ed a Dual layer burner at one of the trade shows but I think the earliest it'll be available will be early Q3.

Mutant_Fruit

first generation DVD+R dual layers aer coming out soon.

Philips looks like the first burner manufacturer to release a dual layer burner. Besides dual layer DVD+Rs, which can be burned at 2.4x, the drive writes DVD+R/W at 8x/4x. The drive, including Nero6, will retail for €169 in April. The drive is Philips' last single format burner, and even for this particular drive Philips will offer a DVD-R/W firmware upgrade in fall. In June, Philips will release the DVDRW1640K, which writes DVD+R at 16x, DVD-RW at 4x and dual layer DVD+Rs at 2.4x. It'll retail for €199 and will be the first drive from Philips to support DVD-R/W out of the box.

Quoted from www.doom9.org

I'm waiting for that to come out before i get my burner

Explosive_Cornflake

My friend gave me some CD-r's and asked me to burn 14 albums for him, I obliged but I forgot to write the name on them. So he decided to write the names on them himself with a BALLPOINT PEN, it was the funiest thing ever, he even wrote the tracklisting on the CD. I laughed hard that day.

Haha, thats brillant.:D

Da Man

To the original poster, if you're making DVD copies to play in a normal player you should find out what that player can play. Not all can play both DVD- and DVD+ or either for that matter. Apart from that it doesn't matter what you use.

TheDuke

Hi guys - I didn't want to start a new thread cause it kinda fits into this one...

I want to buy a DVD burner and saw a bunch load arround on komplett.ie that look neat.

what sort of stuff do I need to look out for when I am comparing those... and why would I want to wait for the Sony one (which does wet my appetite
) - will that play on my DVD player too (got a run of the mill Sony DVD player).

Thanks guys - and hope I'm not messing up the thread... jsut kinda looked right here..

The Duke : ))

secret_squirrel

For a dvd burner you just need a multi format one does + and - r's and rw's. And the fastest burner you can afford - I think some can do 8x now.

You need to double check on the web for the model of your sony player to find out what type of DVD R/RW's it reads. Looking on sony.co.uk it seems that all the new ones do both (+/-) except for the basic model which seems to only do the -R/RW

Also you will want some software like nero to do ya basic CD/data DVD burning, then some thing like DVD Xcopy, DVD Squeeze, DVD shrink, 1 click DVD copy to backup your dvd collection. www.afterdawn.com is a good dvd burner resource. I notice komplett are doing a special on the msi burner this week.

oneweb

Originally posted by Mutant_Fruit
Special Marker? i just use any old bog standard marker. It works fine, no need to splash out on super special markers.

Some markers (the more permanent type) contain chemicals which can effectively eat away some materials - such as the silver layer on the top of discs.

Back on topic, DVD-R/DVD+R differences

HTH

flats

Thanks everyone.

I was also wondering about double sided disks.
Does anyone know if they are available anywhere??

TheDuke

I'll check out that site....

The Duke : ))

secret_squirrel

Load of blurb on the register today about sony's dual layer burner....$230 apparently.....here