[TriLUG] DVD-R vs. DVD+R

Jonathan Mills jonmills at email.unc.edu
Sat Dec 24 08:22:28 EST 2005


Hey all, this isn't directly related to the question at hand, but I 
thought some might appreciate it.  I recently read a very interesting 
article on the differences between +R and -R on cdfreaks.com:

http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/113

Owen Berry wrote:

>AFAIK, that combination will not work.
>
>Owen
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>On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 19:43 -0500, Trey Sizemore wrote:
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>>I've got a laptop with a burner that, according to k3b, is DVD -R
>>capable, but not DVD +R capable.  I bought some blank disks the other
>>day that say DVD +R.  Ooops.  Does this mean I can't burn DVD ISOs with
>>the combination of this drive and these discs?  Are the disks specific
>>to the burning method of the burner?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>-Trey
>>-- 
>>  Trey Sizemore
>>  trey at fastmail.fm
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