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Posted by Smarty on 06/19/07 02:51
Geekboy,
DVD-Rs are certainly more compatible for single layer than the +Rs. When I
started using dual layer -Rs 2 or 3 years ago, my coaster rate was nearly
100%, and I eventually switched to +Rs and things suddenly improved a lot. I
just finished doing some Google searching and it mostly confirms your
opinion that -R is still the preferred way to go for DL as well. Having
switched burners, brands of disks, and players a number of times in the last
few years, I must admit that I don't entirely know if my switch to +Rs was
the only explanation for why my results are so consistently good now, and it
may also be other factors. I do find that the +R dual layer disks from
Verbatim are totally trouble free and seem to play in all of my drives and
players, including Toshiba HD DVD, battery powered DVD players, etc. They
cost about $3 apiece versus about 25 cents for a Verbatim single layer disk,
so I can hardly recommend dual layer at all in most situations.
Smarty
"GeekBoy" <geeekdude@yeehoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
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>> I've read some forum and newsgroup comments that DVD+R DL disks are
>> somewhat more compatible with a wide range of set-top players when
>> compared to DVD-R DLs, and indeed have had 100% success (never a coaster)
>> with each and every Verbatim +R DL disk I have burned. I never use +R
>> disks otherwise.
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> that is opposite. DVD-R has the "DVD" logo, the same that all DVD players
> have and making them more compatable with all players. Something like ~97%
> of all players ever made.
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>> Both -R and +R DL disks are abundantly available on many web sites, and
>> they are indeed pricey compared to the single layer disks.
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> The prices have dropped a lot on the DL ones. When they first came out I
> got a 3 pack of DVD+R for $25
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>> A possible explanation for the comparatively smaller supply of double
>> layer disks might be that most people who are ripping / copying
>> commercial content are apparently satisfied with the single layer copies
>> and don't want to pay the premium or risk the compatibility issues for
>> the DL blanks.
>>
>> Smarty
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>> "les" <les@rcn.com> wrote in message
>> news:3LmdnXQMRK1GYejbnZ2dnUVZ_rmdnZ2d@rcn.net...
>>> Hello...
>>> I just bought a desktop burner that handles DVD-R, even will handle
>>> the DL kind, but I just spent part of the day looking at stores locally,
>>> and
>>> have come up empty-handed for blanks. So I searched online, and found
>>> one or two sources, and find them MUCH costlier than the DVD+R DL
>>> variety.
>>> What gives? Am I just looking in the wrong sites? This is not giving me
>>> a good feeling....I think I should return this deck before I get stuck
>>> with
>>> something obsolete.
>>> Any comments?? Thanks !
>>> Les
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