DVD+R DvD-R??????????

[anarkust]

What is the difference of +and - when refering to dvd burners. How do i find out if my home dvd player will play whichever disc i burn?

Thank you
Gabriel

 

[Erik]

Most home players will play most kinds of discs if they're pretty new. You can check compatibility with your player at www.dvdrhelp.com. Click DVD players on the left side. The difference is the format. It's almost like drinking Pepsi or Coke, there's no real difference (theoretically), except different burners different formats. If you have a multi-format burner, it doesn't really matter much, and I'd just recommend burning the media that's less expensive. Check the packaging on your burner, it'll tell you which kind of media it'll burn, or tell me and I can tell you.

 

[anarkust]

Thanks

The only prob is i don't have a burner yet, and i'm thinking i need a new comp so should i get a burner with it, or buy one of those dvd player/recorders where i can burn old videotapes from a vcr or tv straight off the tube.

thanks
Gabriel

 

[Erik]

You can probably do more with a computer burner than with a set-top recorder. A computer recorder allows you to use it for data backup, and do more to transfer your old videotapes. That's still a project I'm going to work on eventually. If you buy a capture card and use a VCR and plug it in, you can capture the video into your computer and once it's digitalized, you'll have more options in terms of making menus etc. on your new DVDs. Either way, when you buy a computer, DVD burners come in most of them these days or they're available for not much at all, so if you wanted to get both, it's not going to be that expensive.

 

[anarkust]

Good thinking you have there. I should have thought of exactly what you said.

Thank you very much
Gabriel