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Zippy, I've never heard the term "multi-sessions", does it mean you can burn something and then burn someting else later?
Thanks,
Randy

For maximum compatibility, choose the DVD-R format. It's the format that is sanctioned by the DVD-Forum. The DVD-Forum is the organization that makes the specifications for consumer DVD playback devices. The DVD+R Alliance makes the +R standard, but it's incompatible with older players.

How incompatible? According to this article, DVD-R has a 96.74% compatibility rate while DVD+R has 87.32% compatiblity. In practice, the numbers will probably be a bit closer. For your final project, whether commercial or personal, use DVD-R.

As for RW, this is really up to you. Both the +RW and the -RW format are much less compatible than their once-writeable kin, but the same general relationship for compatibility: -RW is more compatible than +RW. Although +RW has more flexibility in terms of its rewriteability, it needs to be formatted out of the box before it can be used. -RW has less flexibility, but it's ready to go once you put it in. I advise people who are doing critical backup of their DVD productions to spin an RW and use it in their commercial standalone player to see how it will act. In this regard, as long as your media works, then it works.

I'm not a "dash R" fanatic. I don't really care what the technology is called or who makes it. My primary concern is to get the best and most compatible format in my clients' hands, and that format is DVD-R.

gRandy,

"multi-sessions" is the opposite of "closing" a disc. I believe that neither CDs nor DVDs will play properly without first being "closed."

G

Basic Question:
I made a video using DVD+R. It works on my DVD player, but it does not work on my parent's DVD player. Can I make a copy of my DVD to a DVD-R and hope that it will work on their player or is it just a given that it won't work on their player now???

Barb