On 26-Oct-04, at 3:00 AM, Are Hansen wrote:
Could someone explain the difference between all the DVD formats? What's the "plus" and "minus" thing?
The only significant difference to the consumer, as far as I know, is what sort of drive the disks are compatible with, although I have heard that there are some substantial differences with respect to the type of laser and recording dye used.
In short, the "plus" and "minus" formats are two competing standards pushed by two different consortiums of companies, the DVD Forum and the DVD+RW alliance. The DVD Forum was the "original" consortium in that they developed the original DVD spec.
A good source on this is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD
--justin
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