[TriLUG] Best Linux-supported CDRW?

[Jeremy Portzer]

On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 11:36, Jeff Jackowski wrote:
> More confusing than you think. I wasn't refering to DVD+R at all -- I've 
> never used those. There are good DVD-R's, like the Verbatim and TDK disks, 
> that can be played by most DVD players (assuming they are given the right 
> data). There are also cheap, lower quality DVD-R's that will play in only 
> a few, if any, DVD players. For under $0.75 per disk, its a great way to 
> store data you intend to read from a DVD-ROM drive, just not a DVD player.

Hmm.  I now see why web sites like meritline.com are pretty useful in
determining which media works with which players.  Annoying how the
manufacturer's descriptions are just about equivalent for every brand --
they all say their DVD-R's work with "most" DVD players, but apparently
the cheap ones don't do that at all!

> That said, it is to my understanding that the good DVD-R's are usable with 
> more DVD players than DVD+R, but I could be wrong.
> 
> In case you're thinking that DVD+R is just a higher quality version of 
> DVD-R, you are mistaken. The media is physically different requiring a 
> different drive to write to the DVD-R and DVD+R disks. A few companies 
> thought a format war would be fun and profitable. Nope. The DVD standards 
> body endorses the DVD-R format.

Thanks for the clarification.  Despite the fact that you say DVD-R was
endorsed by the "DVD standards body,"  it seems that DVD+R is much more
common at stores like meritline, and CompUSA, which has a TON of DVD+R
media (and DVD+RW), but just a few kinds of DVD-R.  (The DVD+R stuff
seems to be much more expensive.)  I don't think the war's won yet!  :-)

--Jeremy