[filmscanners] Re: archiving scanned images to DVDs

2004-11-27 Thread Tony Sleep
wrote: I mistakenly purchased a box of DVD+RW discs rather than the DVD+R discs. I recall there was an issue with CD-RW media not being as durable as CD-R media. How about rewriteable DVD media? Does the same difference hold for DVD? AIUI CD-RW media are actually slightly _more_ stable,

[filmscanners] Re: archiving scanned images to DVDs

2004-11-27 Thread Arthur Entlich
The view on RW media has flip flopped several times. I have always believed the technology use din RW media is superior to that of the R media., and some agree with me. Here's how they differ: R (write once) media has a dyes layer which is burned off by the laser to crete on or off bits. The