At 5:07 PM -0700 9/7/2008, Peter wrote: >On Sep 7, 2008, at 5:00 PM, Jane, (Portland, OR) wrote: > > Actually, the discs are DVD+RW. Does the plus make a difference? > >No, not at all, except + disks are claimed to be "more compatible", >although early owners of Macs equipped with so-called Super Drives >would differ as they were - compatible, only, and would choke on a + >disk. > >What + disks are "more compatible" with are really set-top boxes, and >not other PCs/Macs.
We're going to have to disagree here. IMO, there is a BIG difference between dash and plus media. Plus media is far more reliable. I've got DVD-RW discs that are throwing errors after only a dozen rewrites. But my DVD+RW media are all solid after 100+ rewrites. (yes, for some bizarre reason I log/track disc usage). Some of the DVD-R discs I burned just a year ago are unreadable now. Zero failures of +R tho. (Various brands, not counting CompUSA, which were crap regardless of type). As for "compatible"... Many older drives can only read or burn one type or another - doesn't matter if it's a stand-alone DVD Player or Recorder (tv), Mac, PC, external, left handed, gold plated, or frog. Interestingly, my housemate's 1yro HP laptop cannot read any of the dash media we burn on our Macs, but it's fine with the plus media. It has no problem reading dash media burned on other PCs. FWIW, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
