Hi Lloyd, I've always had more success with Verbatim discs than any other brand, so don't know why you are suddenly experiencing problems.
The disks are pretty much the same, but the writing process is different. DVD+R is a bit more advanced, but the disks often cost more than the older DVD-R format. DVD+R was also intended to be compatible with more DVD players, but in all reality there's not much of a difference. DVD-R and DVD+R are two competing technologies that use different formats. No single company owns either DVD format and both technologies have their advantages. DVD+R is a write-once format intended to be more compatible with more DVD players, though at this point it seems to be about even with DVD-R, which remains the most compatible computer-burned DVD format. Another thing to consider is what format your DVD recording software works best in. A more detailed explanation of the differences can be found here: <http://www.buzzle.com/articles/difference-between-dvd-r-and-dvdr.html> Or do a google search 'difference between DVD-R and DVD+R Disc' Cheers, Ronni On 09/06/2010, at 3:59 PM, Lloyd White wrote: > > Hi David, > > That may be the case. I just tried a different brand of DVD-R and it was > accepted by the computer. > > Can anyone tell me the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R ? > > Lloyd > > > > >> Hi Lloyd -- >> >> -- It might just be that you have hit a bad patch in the Verbatim production >> line. I had a similar problem with a batch of Sony DVD+Rs. I even sent one >> which was clearly faulty back to Sony, they denied there was anything wrong >> with it. I now use TDK Gold DVD+R discs, they are a bit more expensive, but >> have had no problems since (maybe 800 discs used). >> >> Cheers -- >> >> David Noel >> 2010 Jun 8 >> >> ======== >> >> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Lloyd White <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> In the past I have burned about 40 Verbatim DVD-R disks but suddenly my iMac >>> (OS 10.6.3) rejects these disks. They just keep popping out again after >>> about 30 seconds. >>> >>> However TDK DVD-RW disks are accepted. >>> >>> Is there any reason the Verbatim disks are suddenly not acceptable? Could it >>> be the OS upgrade? >> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
