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What dvd's to use?
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:11 am
by samanddusti
What type of dvd's should I buy for the DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer, ultrabay? Thanks.
Re: What dvd's to use?
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:55 am
by NS
samanddusti wrote:What type of dvd's should I buy for the DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer, ultrabay? Thanks.
Dual layer DVD-R.
I don't think DVD-RW can be used in this drive. Anybody can confirm this statement?
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:41 am
by mightaswell
I have used dvd+r and dvd-r and both have worked without problems.
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:07 am
by NS
Sorry, my bad. My previous post is supposed to be DVD-R (Meaning all DVD recordables NOT DVD-rewritables)..
OP has already stated the drive is DVD recordable 8X ...........I think OP wanted to know if DVD Rewritables can be used on that drive or not.
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:28 am
by furrycute
You should be able to use DVD-RW's in your drive.
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:11 pm
by pae77
Which is generally better: +R or -R?
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:18 pm
by rukiri
The + - war has been going on since the beginning, and it probably won't end even after DVD's have become obsolete. Everything plays both, everything burns both, so they've become effectively interchangeable.
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:33 pm
by GomJabbar
I've always been partial to Verbatim discs, which I see made the top list. Yet not all Verbatims are the same. You need to check the country of manufacture or check the part number. My experience with CD/R's is that the discs made in Taiwan are good and the discs made in India are bad. It turns out that Verbatim used a different dye in the manufacture of the media in each respective country. Not so sure about DVD discs, but I use still use Verbatims and have had no problems.
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:54 pm
by furrycute
With CDR's, I used to exclusively use Fuji's. With th Fuji CDR's, the ones made in Japan are considered good, the ones made in Taiwan are considered terrible.
I don't know if this applies to Fuji DVDR's.
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:21 pm
by whizkid
DVD-R are slightly more compatible with older DVD players. DVD+R are a bit faster: faster to format, and faster to write on many drives. I've used +R, +RW and +R-DL on my T60's drive with no problems. (I have a + only drive in another machine, so only have that media on hand.)
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:01 am
by NS
furrycute wrote:You should be able to use DVD-RW's in your drive.
Are you sure?
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:19 am
by Vali
For movies, PS discs or generally speaking things that might get read by other things than PC, DVD-R made by Ritek and Verbatim are best choices.
For PC stuff DVD+R or DVD-R, it just doesn't matter, some people say that DVD+R are better, Verbatim and Ritek are again top choices.
In general RW media due to less reflective capacity tends to over wear the diodes in optical units. Also DL media has this tendency.
I have no knowledge about DVD-RAM media.
Regards,
V.