Fred, DVD-R will work with old and new players. DVD+r should work in any players made in the last few years, and some before that. - Brian
----- Original Message ----- From: Fred Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:40 am Subject: [CGUYS] DVD-R or DVD+R recording blanks? To: [email protected] > In recording/burning a "video" (not data) DVD to be played on an > "entertainment" DVD player hooked to a television set, is it > better to use DVD-R blanks or DVD+R blanks? I'm wanting to burn > several copies of a video DVD to give to members of a board to > take home and view at home, and I'd like to have as few problems > with "this disc won't play" or "this disc skips a lot" as possible. > > My DVD burner is a Plextor PX-712A, if that makes any difference. > It's maybe three years old, and I expect that the TV sets the > discs will be played on are not the "latest and greatest" either. > > Any other criteria on deciding what kind of blank DVD discs to buy? > > Many thanks, > > Fred Holmes ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
