What's the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R disks?
By Idlewild
@Idlewild (6090)
United States
January 18, 2009 11:47am CST
Went to buy some blank DVDs the other day for recording music, video, documents, etc. and found that I didn't know which I should get: DVD-R or DVD+R. Anybody know the difference? At another store I went to, I was told that one type supposedly worked better with newer computers or was better at handling text vs. media files, etc. But thought i'd ask here. Thanks!
2 responses
@vanquish626 (8)
• Canada
19 Jan 09
DVD-R was made by Pioneer while DVD+R was made by Sony. Its just a simple market war...like Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.
DVD+R is also said to be a little more reliable than DVD-R.
@michael_nonan (384)
• Philippines
19 Jan 09
Personally, i haven't found any difference so far. i have a DVD-+R Burner meaning i can burn both. so far haven't found any faults on both side. i've read one article before but i only remember a fragment of it. it says that there are such + and - existing today because the first one that created the DVD+R burners are different from the one who created the DVD-R burners. i havent checked that article and where they get the info. so please enlighten me, for those who the facts
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