Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, If remember right, DVD+R is more accurate, and thus better for non volatile archiving (music,film,data,photos), and DVD-R is better for compatibility, i.e.,it will play on most stand alone DVD players... Cheers Jayanand Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Thanks Tina, I will look into that. Or perhaps I will just start using > the Powerbook to burn the DVDs--I think it is agnostic w.r.t. plus or > minus. > > Nathan > > Tina Manley wrote: > >> At 01:17 AM 8/16/2006, you wrote: >> >>> Related question: how come all the archival DVD's I see are of the >>> -R variety (like the Kodak ones on this web site)? My burner uses >>> DVD+R discs (at least the burner I have in my desktop PC, I am not >>> sure whether my Powerbook takes both flavors). Is there something >>> about the minus vs. the plus that makes it easier to produce >>> archival DVDs? >>> >>> Nathan >> >> >> Nathan - My built-in DVD burner uses +R, too, so I bought an >> external DVD burner so I could use -R. I've read that -R is more >> reliable and those who submit to Alamy on DVDs say that the error >> rate with -R is much less than with +R. I don't think I'd trust +R >> as much for archival use. >> >> Tina >> >> Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA >> http://www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >