Re: DVD standard "+" or "-"?
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 19:27:52 -0400, Curt Howland <howland@priss.com> wrote:
> I am interested in getting an opinion from folks. In the DVD standards
> wars, who do you think is winning, "DVD+" or "DVD-"?
>
> Here's why I ask: The spankie CD/DVD drive in this Sony is both "+"
> and "-", and it and Linux write to whatever blank media I choose to
> put in it. But I do not know if in the future any new machine I can
> get will have as spankie a drive as this one. Therefore, if there is
> a trend toward "+" or "-" becoming predominant, I would prefer to buy
> that media so it will be easier to read in the future.
>
> So what do y'all think?
>
This is only my to cents, but i think they are shifting to the "+"
side, at least that was the impression the other day in a retail shop.
I think this is related to some limitation of the "-" format (IIRC
DVD-R don't support multi sessions) and the initial offering of dual
layer writer...
Andrea
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