DVD+ or DVD- Blank Media

[dazzer9535]

Im just about to burn a DVD and I have bought both plus and minus DVDRW discs and I would really like to know the difference between the two in plain English.

Also I bought this DVD Burner "linky", so what type of blank media should I use?

Also I have this DVD player Link Opens in PDF I would wish to play the burned DVD on so would this make a difference to what type of disks I should get?


Any help would be fab as my head hurts, lol.

 

[smore9648]

Besides the difference in circuitry built with in the DVDs themselves, which are made in up of seven layers,I believe.

DVD type Name
Single sided, single layer DVD-5
Single sided, dual layer DVD-9
Double sided, single layer DVD-10
Double sided, dual layer DVD-18


The DVD-R and DVD+R are recordables, not rewritables

The DVD+RW and DVD+RW are obviously the opposite

I use DVD+R for storing data on and use the multisesstion option to burn data later, I find RW faulty, in my experiences

The DVD±R does both

 

[dazzer9535]

Besides the difference in circuitry built with in the DVDs themselves, which are made in up of seven layers,I believe.

DVD type Name
Single sided, single layer DVD-5
Single sided, dual layer DVD-9
Double sided, single layer DVD-10
Double sided, dual layer DVD-18


The DVD-R and DVD+R are recordables, not rewritables

The DVD+RW and DVD+RW are obviously the opposite

I use DVD+R for storing data on and use the multisesstion option to burn data later, I find RW faulty, in my experiences

The DVD±R does both

Cheers that clears that up quite nicely, now all I need is.....

To encode some avi files to mpeg2/DVD and was wondering if anyone had some good freeware that they use and could post a link as I have looked at loads and the best I have seen is ConvertXtoDVD but it isnt free.