My experience has been that if it doesn't fail outright from being so cheap, the Apex player will play most media. I've really only used DVD- media, but lots of different, good/cheap brands of R and RW. I don't support DVD+ since they aren't part of the official standard. My first burner didn't support it, and they don't provide any benefit substantial enough to justify inventing their own standard. Take a look at:DVD-R works in about 93% of players tested, according to VideoHelp.com. That is the largest % of all formats tested. I have had DVD-Rs work in about 98% of the players I have used. Be careful of the media itself you purchase (lesser quality doesn't always work in all players, but, then again, neither does expensive). Recently, I've been using Memorex, Sony, and TDK discs, and all seem to work in my DVD players at home (a Sony 5-disc changer, a Go-Video VCR/DVD Recorder, a Go-Video player, and an APEX (cheap!) player)
http://www.digitalfaq.com/othervideo/dvdformats.htm
In particular:
"Although fans of the DVD+R format hate to hear this, the DVD+R format is a rogue format, invented by greedy companies that were unwilling to pay royalties to the DVD Forum in order to use and develop the DVD-R format and/or use the DVD logo. The DVD+R format does not carry the DVD logo because it is not an official DVD format. Does this make it a bad format? No."
-Cory
************************************************************************* * Cory Papenfuss * * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * *************************************************************************
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