Video Asylum

Posted by Joe Murphy Jr (A) on July 29, 2005 at 18:51:26

In Reply to: DVD+-RW posted by jbmcb on July 28, 2005 at 06:29:25:

Stand-alone DVD recorders don't have this option, but many computer DVD writers can change the book-type/bit-setting (only available for the +R format) so that the +R burned disc is recorded as a -ROM disc (which all stand-alone DVD players "see" as a regular movie DVD).

Because of this option (the DVD-ROM feature of +R), the compatibility issue actually favors the +R format due to the fact that the majority of +R stand-alone players won't play -R at all.