Posted by Jeff Rife on 01/13/58 11:40

Lars-Erik Østerud (.@.) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> Yep, works great. But my DVD-recorder (a DVD+R recorder) still
> recognize a finalized DVD+R with booktype DVD-ROM as a DVD+R, so it's
> not 100% (or does the recorder look at other things than booktype).

Yes. A drive that completely groks +R/RW will always be able to tell
what type of disk it really is. It's the drives that technically only
understand -ROM at best that bitsetting helps with. Some of these -ROM
drives also do a good job with -R/RW because the format is so close to
-ROM, but others do not.

To be honest, the format isn't as much of an issue as the disk
reflectivity. Pressed disks are highest, followed by ±R, followed
by ±RW. This is why many drives have problems with burned disks, and
re-writables in particular.

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