DVD -r +rw-rw+r Whats the diff

[Flpstyl]

I simply want to burn some Movies and maybe some PS2 games, which should I use, Whats the differences. Any makes and models of burner I should aim to get.

Thanks for any input

[girish]

Hrm, I don't know about PS2 games, but I can tell you the difference. (You can probably do a search on google for PS2 DVD-RW or something and find a bunch of hits).

Anyway, + and - are two different formats, one is a sony one and one is a philips one I beleive. So they are competing for the market together, the media is a little different for both, but they both claim to work on all dvd players.

The - media tends to be a little cheaper than the + media, but the + media is known to be more compatiable with older video dvd players (the ones connected to your TV). But lately I don't really find a difference, me, myself I have a +/- Combo DVD recorder that I picked up from Dell for 200 dollars (The TDK one).

But we just have to watch and see who wins the format war.

[HeavenzJai]

ones more toward data, the other toward video, i dont know which ( i get them mixed up)
however, there are hybrids now that burn both + and -.(i think sony makes one)

[Poetics]

I remember TechTV doing a special on this and their conclusion was ...

... ain't gonna make a lot of difference, though + has been known to hold up a bit better over time :)