Paul wrote:
> I think all DVD drives (no matter how old) can read homemade DVD's
> written on Verbatim brand DVD-R discs. DVD+R came later, and
> readability on older drives seems to vary with brand of disc. From
> what I've read, if you have a new-enough drive, it's better to go with
> a good brand of +R disc because it has better error correction than -
> R.
That's true. But note that DVD+R didn't became an officially accepted
standard until 2008, and manufacturers didn't take note of it until
about
2004,
This means that there are plenty of DVD readers, even newer than those
in the iMac, that will still have problems. Advanced error correction
seems to be
more important if you use shitty quality discs (which you should never
use anyways), and burn at higher speeds.
Bottom line is that for lower end Macs, you should be working with
-R as much as possible. Almost all drives (including the newest ones)
can read them, while the same is obviously not true for +R.
Just my $0.02.
- John
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