Tim wrote:
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 13:39 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
Another thing to consider. I was told by Lite-On technical support
people that DVD+R disks are more forgiving than DVD-R. I have
certainly had fewer problems on my stand-alone recorder since changing
to +R.
According to the spiel about it, the wiggle to the track on the +R discs
means that the laser can very easily find its location, and can start
and stop burning at will. Contrarily, the -R discs have a simple spiral
that's harder to track, and write stop and starts involve padding the
ending and new start with something that's not data (so it can't do it
instantly).
Think of it like driving a car blindly. You can either keep bouncing
off the sides of the road, trying to keep in the middle. Or have rumble
strips that run under the edges of your tires all the time that you're
on track.
I just wish they'd sorted themselves out before foisting two different
standards on us, and that they'd build better drives.
http://www.cdfreaks.com/reviews/Why-DVDRW-is-superior-to-DVD-RW
