Posted by Tonester on 02/27/06 01:40

"sed" <nobody@optonline.net> wrote in message
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> For months I have been trying to find the right combination that lets me
> burn DVDs and finalize for distribution. I make DVDs from my video camera
> and distribute them to my associates. Unfortunately, often they cannot
> read
> them, in fact, after burning them on my Sony DRX-710UL they had frequent
> skips on my Onkyo DV-CP702.
>
> Finally I read an article on CDFreaks about the technical differences
> between the two formats and it made some sense. I had tried burning at
> the
> slowest speed possible and even used 2X DVD-R disks. After reading the
> article the fact that DVD+R has a better technique for burning with single
> laser lens I took a disk that had frequent skips and recoded it and burned
> it to a DVD+R.
>
> The result no skips.
>
> The tried another burn using output from a shoot burned onto a DVD-R,
> recoded as a backup using Nero, then recoded to a DVD+R. Same results,
> capable of being read with skips.
>
> Conclusion, for single lens DVD burners capable of burning either DVD-R or
> DVD+R, the +R format is superior for compatibility purposes.

Sounds like you're just using crappy media. I notice no difference in -R or
+R burned at 1x or 8x.

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