Posted by Oldus Fartus on 10/03/15 11:40

Bob wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:42:51 +0800, Oldus Fartus
> <denisand@iiNOSPAMnet.net.au> wrote:
>
>>> You are overlooking the capability to bitset +Rs. Then they become
>>> totally compatible. You cannot bitset -Rs.
>
>> What? DVD-R and DVD-RW are the official writable and rewritable
>> formats from the DVD Forum. They do not require bitsetting to comply
>> with the standards.
>
>> Bitsetting was/is a kludge only necessary for the +R format.
>
> Did you read what I wrote?
>
> I said that bitsetting was for +R.
>

Indeed you did, and to repeat, you said "You are overlooking the
capability to bitset +Rs. Then they become totally compatible. You
cannot bitset -Rs." which to me at least, suggests that bitsetting is
something which gives the + format an advantage over the - format.

Contrary to your opinion DVD +R do not become totally compatible because
of the kludge, because not all players are fooled by it.

For my own use I have no preference to which format I use, but I have
learned the hard way when transferring video to DVD for customers, that
the -R format offers the most compatibility with *most* of the players
out there. This is improving all the time though, and as older players
are replaced, compatibility becomes better.

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Cheers
Oldus Fartus

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