funkydmunky
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This seemed like the best thread, but feel free to move if my guess was wrong
Anyway, like the title says, how did we end up with the two formats of DVD? They both work the same. Cost the same. And were available side by side for years, yet there never was any determining factor on which was needed.
Now I am asking this because I had learned something over the years, that being, +R's, when used with a burner that has "BookType" management that will allow you to switch to "DVD-ROM" format will allow me to burn DVD's that will play with any DVD stand alone player. This isn't a major issue for many, but too many a time I have given a DVD to someone who says they have a modern player, and it won't work. This is why I don't waste my time and burn every DVD in DVD-ROM on a DVD+R. Works every time.
Now. Why are DVD+ getting harder to find? Do I have to stockpile now?
Anyway, like the title says, how did we end up with the two formats of DVD? They both work the same. Cost the same. And were available side by side for years, yet there never was any determining factor on which was needed.
Now I am asking this because I had learned something over the years, that being, +R's, when used with a burner that has "BookType" management that will allow you to switch to "DVD-ROM" format will allow me to burn DVD's that will play with any DVD stand alone player. This isn't a major issue for many, but too many a time I have given a DVD to someone who says they have a modern player, and it won't work. This is why I don't waste my time and burn every DVD in DVD-ROM on a DVD+R. Works every time.
Now. Why are DVD+ getting harder to find? Do I have to stockpile now?