On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Electrolife Studios wrote: > It seems though these days compatability is almost the same on both formats. > If you look at pages like dvdrhelp.com they are reporting the following > stats: > > http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvd.htm > > DVD-R is compatible with about 88% of all DVD Players and DVD-ROMs. > DVD-RW is compatible with about 69% of all DVD Players and DVD-ROMs. > > DVD+R is compatible with about 84% of all DVD Players and DVD-ROMs. > DVD+RW is compatible with about 70% of all DVD Players and DVD-ROMs.
Well that maybe the case, i make a small correction here : DVD-R is compatible with about 100% of all DVD Players and DVD-ROMs. Regards, Robert > > > So if the set top players are at essentially 80% for either format and > things like these hybrid drives from Sony etc coming into the market... it > seems as though the line of which is the better format is getting smaller. > > I've yet to enter the DVD recordable market but I am trying to do as much > reasearch as possible in hopes to not end up with the betamax technology so > to speak. > > DVD-R looks very strong from having more drives, cheaper media, and support > from people like Mac. However DVD+R has a lot going for it with support > from HP/Dell/Sony etc despite having fewer 1st gen drives and much less > media selection that is more expensive. > > Its a real hard market to read right now. I am new to this list... just > found it on google the other night during my research. Are most of you pro > DVD-R or is this list mixed? > > Any insight on the topic is always apprecaited. > > matt > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dvdrtools-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/dvdrtools-users > -- Robert M. Stockmann - RHCE Network Engineer - UNIX Consultant crashrecovery.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Dvdrtools-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/dvdrtools-users