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Diffrence in DVDs by WaqasTariq on 10-08-2006 at 08:20 PM
Hello...
I was wondereing, what is the diffrence between DVD+R and DVD-R ???are there and other types of it?
RE: Diffrence in DVDs by Chris4 on 10-08-2006 at 08:23 PM
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. 
RE: Diffrence in DVDs by Zahid™ on 10-08-2006 at 08:24 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-R
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_plus_R
RE: Diffrence in DVDs by Spunky on 10-09-2006 at 08:33 PM
I seem to come across DVD-R a lot more frequently. I would say it's definatley more widely used
RE: Diffrence in DVDs by CookieRevised on 10-10-2006 at 12:36 AM
quote:That only and entirly depends on your location.
Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff
I seem to come across DVD-R a lot more frequently. I would say it's definatley more widely used
Both formats are used just as much worldwide.
RE: Diffrence in DVDs by Voldemort on 10-10-2006 at 04:08 AM
Most readers/writers can do both...
RE: Diffrence in DVDs by brian on 10-10-2006 at 04:17 AM
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.
RE: Diffrence in DVDs by linx05 on 10-10-2006 at 12:48 PM
When burning dual layers, use Verbatim+R DL only.
RE: Diffrence in DVDs by rav0 on 10-12-2006 at 01:56 PM
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 
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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.