Posted by beavis on 02/22/06 19:13

In article <43fcad25.5912500@news-server.houston.rr.com>, Bob
<spam@uce.gov> wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:26:55 +0800, Oldus Fartus
> <denisand@iiNOSPAMnet.net.au> wrote:
>
> >DVD +R do not become totally compatible because
> >of the kludge, because not all players are fooled by it.
>
> Bitsetting tells the player that the disc is DVD-ROM, which is
> compatible with all standard players, old and new.

But it's *not* a DVD-ROM -- bitsetting fools the player into *seeing*
it as a DVD-ROM. It helps compatibility on some players, but it's by
no means the same thing. It is indeed a kludge.

I've had better results with DVD-R in more players than I have with
bitset DVD+Rs.

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