Mandriva-user Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 Could someone tell me please,what is the different DVD-RW & DVD+RW? Tnx Mandrake-user :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 Depending on the person you ask, you will get different answers. The way I understand it is that one supports faster writing than the other. The main problem one runs into is that different dvd players can handle one but not the other. Once the industry decides which type is going to be the one to last, this will hopefully be solved. If you have a dvd-rw burner, it can only handle dvd-rw disks, if you have a dvd+rw burner, it can only handle dvd+rw disks. If you have a dvd+/-rw burner, it can handle either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtweidmann Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 I don't know what the exact difference is but essentially its the chemicals used to make the disks AFAIK. So only a DVD+RW can use "+" disks and only a DVD-RW can use "-" disks. There are also some drives that are +/- and can therefore use both types of media. As these drives aren't that much more expensive I'd go for one of those to be on the safe side. On a personal note, I've got a DVD+RW and it works fine with MDK 9.2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 google in future. http://www.google.com.au/search?num=100&hl...ng_en%7Clang_fr http://peripherals.about.com/cs/cddvdcdwri...a/aa062303a.htm http://www.dvdirect.com/TSS/charts/DVDFormats.htm http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvd As mentioned in the above links, -r works better on DVD players, being supported by 92%, whereas +r only has 89% All the companies in those two alliances, were at one stage together. it was one alliance. However mayhem broke out, and they split up. now we have two dvdrw formats :( iphitus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylizard Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 And let's not forget DVD-RAM either. Don't want it feeling left out of this little discussion. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 And let's not forget DVD-RAM either. Don't want it feeling left out of this little discussion. :P I didnt, its compared in the above links :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 Important link: http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/113 Iphitus, with only one dvd (re)writing standard, we'd be buying dvd-writers for 500$ and discs for 15$ a piece. Thank them for disagreeing, dvd burners have come down in price faster than any other high tech product the world has seen. The main point in this case is that the discs are at least physically compatible, so drives can be made to read both types without too much hassle. The 92% vs 89% is not so meaningful. Besides, I have similar problems with cd-rw discs that are supposed to be compatible. Or just burn a cd-r with music, and see how many players can play them. With cheap media, I wouldn't count on getting better than 90% hit-rate... The point is that it works on your systems. And the main point behind that, since players cost next to nothing, is to ensure that whatever player you buy, it reads both dvd- and dvd+ discs. This way, players that don't play both types will soon be history. Compare to cd-rom drives, try to find one that doesn't read cd-rw discs. On the other hand, lots of sony dvd players don't play cd-rw audio cd's... People are just not careful in what they buy. And that is where this competing standard thing is not so nice, for the general public: they have to check a bit before they buy, and are too lazy/stupid/uninterested to do that. But if asked, no, they wouldn't want to pay 500$ for a dvd burner. The current 135$ is much better, although still not as nice as the 35$ for a cd burner. Me, I will go for an 8 speed burner, just waiting for dual layer (march-april this year) ; dvd+ or dual standard, and by that time, 12x dvd+r and 6 or 8x dvd+rw, and with dvd+mrw. 4.3GB floppies, yay! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandriva-user Posted January 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 (edited) Well gentleman the DvD-rw vs dvd+rw one is faster then the other one is that right? Or which one is faster period?. Tnx for your extra time.... Mandrake-user :unsure: Edited January 24, 2004 by Mandrake-user Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 Nowadays there are 8x writers for both types, for dvd+ were first (plextor), now there are nec and pioneer drives that do both types at 8x. 8x media are not really to be found.. Compatibility is also not very good.. Meaning: some drives can burn certain 4x media at 8x and others can't. Some media don't work in certain drives at all, or at much lower speeds etc.. Lets say in some respects dvd burning is not mature at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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