DVD Media help!

[shinyrory]

Hey guys (sorry if this is the wrong forum or has been covered before).

 

I was thinking of getting the follwing media Verbatim (16x) Inkjet Printable DVD-R - 50 Tub. Dye Info: MCC03RG20, and before i went ahead with the purchase i would like to know if this would be good choice or if theres a better alternative out there? for the most part i want to backup my fillms but the dvds that i got down at the store keep failing. also what is the difference between dvd-r and dvd+r media and which is better? thanx in advance.

[blutach]

Yes, it would be. See our media reports in our drives and media forum.

 

Regards

[Kenadjian]

This is very good media, there is not much better around, go ahead and buy them.

 

There is no 'better', just different format, both good, just make sure your drive/standalone supports the format you choose.

[shinyrory]

so why is there two different types then? im jsut a bit confused...

[polopony]

goes back to a time when there were different (companies)people backing different formats nobody really won so we have both - and +

 

I have 250 of those discs and they are excellent I bought 200 for $54 at office depot I also have 100 or so +R's also great but the inkjet printable suit my needs when I want to do a cover with my Epson 960 cd/dvd printer

 

_NEC DVD_RW ND-3500AG 2.1B (ATA)

Current Profile: DVD-R

 

Disc Information

Supported Write Speeds: 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x, 16x

Pre-recorded Information:

Manufacturer ID: MCC 03RG20

 

the difference is that the + is slightly bigger and with the DL stuff positioning the layer break can be done with +media but can't be done with -R the layer break is fixed .Verbatim is the only way to go for dual layer discs

[Kenadjian]

so why is there two different types then? im jsut a bit confused...

Why indeed?

 

Why did we have Beta and VHS back in the VCR days? Allmost history repeating itself.

[blutach]

Just media wars between big comanies looking for market share, that's all.

 

Regards