Who prefers to burn only to DVD+RW ?

Nathan_Shane wrote on 8/3/2004, 1:34 PM

I was wondering if any of you here prefer to stick just with DVD+RW media in case the burn goes wrong, so that you can re-burn the disc again so that it will work.

Because a couple of DVD+R discs just errored out in my first attempts with DVDA2a, and I thought it might make more sense to always use DVD+RW.

Any thoughts?

Comments

JaysonHolovacs wrote on 8/3/2004, 2:06 PM

I use RW for ALL intermediate versions of a project. When I am ready to cut a final archival copy, it is DVD+R. I believe the non-rewriteable media has a longer shelf life. I have no trouble playing DVD+RWs on my player.

-Jayson

Nathan_Shane wrote on 8/3/2004, 3:16 PM

Hey, that's some really useful advice about using DVD+RW for test versions and then burning the final on DVD+R, doing that didn't even cross my mind, but it makes great sense, thanks!

clearvu wrote on 8/4/2004, 4:23 AM

I always use DVD+RW's just to make sure everything looks and works right. Once I'm happy, to a DVD+R disk it goes.

bStro wrote on 8/4/2004, 7:05 AM

Agreed with the others. RW for testing (and really, I usally only do that if I have some doubts...I should probably test more often), +/-R for final disc. RW's are, what, two or three times the cost of write-once media? No sense paying that and losing the benefit of them being re-writeable by not...re-writing on them.

Rob

cbrillow wrote on 8/5/2004, 7:35 AM

Another "me, too"...

As an inveterate tweaker, it's rare that I'm completely satisfied with the first burn, so it's +RW until I'm satisfied, then +R for the "keeper". My burner also accommodates -R & -RW, but I find it burns +RW far faster than -RW, so I stick with those.