Posted by AnthonyR on 08/26/06 20:28

Also if both -R and +R doesn't play on their machine try sending them a +R
burned as a DVD-ROM
using the software to change the bitsetting during burning to DVD-ROM rather
than DVD-VIDEO, this has been
known to make even more older machines able to read burned dvd's by tricking
them into thinking they are ROM
dvd's and thus allowing them to try and read them rather than reject them
cause of firmware programming in the player.

This way you have 3 options to send them, although I start with the DVD-Rom
formatted +R first. :)

AnthonyR.

"Mr. Tapeguy" <mr.tapeguy@pro-tape.com> wrote in message
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>
> Sailor wrote:
>> I'm sure this question has come up a lot. I was using +RW with great
>> success, but now my new burner can handle several formats.
>>
>> Thanks for all input
>> Sailor
>
> For your own personal use it doesn't matter as much as if you're
> sending something out. Then you have to deal with the wide variety of
> players that other people own which introduces a large number of
> variables.
>
> Recent vintage players are usually capable of handling all formats but
> to be sure, you might ask the recipient to check his machine.
>
> Rewriteable overall will have far lower compatibility than write-once
> and you don't usually want to send those out anyway as they could
> accidentally be erased and they are more expensive.
>
> -R and +R both have pretty high compatibility percentages now, although
> what works in one machine may not work in another. The good news now
> is that you can offer a alternative if the first one doesn't work.
>
> Overall -R is more popular in the U.S. so I'd start with that.
>
> Craig
>
> http://www.pro-tape.com
>

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