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Hello...


I was wondereing, what is the diffrence between DVD+R and DVD-R ???are there and other types of it?

DVD+R: A recordable DVD format similar to CD-R in that it is a write-once medium. Backed by Sony, Philips, Yamaha, HP, and others.

DVD-R: A recordable DVD format similar to CD-R in that it is a write-once medium. Backed by Pioneer, Panasonic, Toshiba, and others.

Source: http://www.hometheatermag.com/glossary/

In other words.. some companies use DVD+R and others use DVD-R.
DVD-R seems to be the better of the two.

Hope that helps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-R
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_plus_R

I seem to come across DVD-R a lot more frequently. I would say it's definatley more widely used

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Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff
I seem to come across DVD-R a lot more frequently. I would say it's definatley more widely used

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That only and entirly depends on your location.

Both formats are used just as much worldwide.

Most readers/writers can do both...

One thing you need to be sure of before buying your blank DVDs that your DVD burner is compatible with that type of DVD.  A DVD-R burner cannot burn a DVD+R and vice-versa.

Most of the modern DVD burners have support for both types.

When burning dual layers, use Verbatim+R DL only.

They are both just record-once DVD disks for a DVD burner/writer. They are meant to behave like regular DVD disks once they are burnt.

The main difference for their their use is that some older set-top DVD players can only read one kind.

There are other technical differences, but the only reason to choose one over the other is if your set-top player or your burner only works with one kind, otherwise just get whatever's cheaper/more available/comes in cool colours .

Like CookieRevised stated, they are both used as much as the other; they are designed to achieve the same goal anyway.

linx05 mentioned using Verbatim DVD+R for double layer burning because these disks are usually of high quality, while others are low quality or varying quality.