DVD-R v DVD+R Differences & Where to Buy

Irish Gunner

hey

So only starting burning dvd films recently.Bought Octron dvd-r from local Lidl store and worked a treat

What is the difference between DVD-r and DVD+R ? Checked them out and the + are much higher in price??

What is the best to buy and where ? Checked out some PC store on Claredon street off Grafton Street and about €14 for 10 dvd-r anywhere better ? Have not tried Peats

Cheers

Random

DVD-R is compatible with about 92% of Home DVD Systems.
DVD+R is compatible with about 80% of Home DVD Systems.

Beyond that, there's no much difference once your recorder and player do both

Mutant_Fruit

DVD+R and DVD-R are both pretty much identical in compatibility. Any player bought in the last 3 years should really be able to play both. And most players that play DVD-R but not DVD+R can be made play DVD+R quite easily, by using "bitsetting" on the +R discs (which has NO bad side effects).

Really the deciding factor is the quality of the discs, and the best place to find that out is from the cdfreaks.com forums.

rubadub

cheap discs at www.mediawrite.ie

if getting more than 75 go to www.svp.co.uk (whose postage is €15.50 but have cheap discs)