On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:39:52 -0800 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ok, that's a bit different than saying that there are various standards > for DVDs. this is dvd recording standards. No. There are different standards. Matthews point that a single DVD will be able to read its own creation is correct. However, a different brand may not, as it may use the other standard. As a minimum, get a player that supports both standards. For movie DVDs, look at: http://www.dvdsite.org/ Look for the 'Format Wars' section: http://www.osopinion.com/perl/printer/19159/ > On 03/13/03 14:52, Matthew Carpenter wrote: > > DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW I believe. > > > > I don't see a problem with using them as a backup medium where the same > > device will be used to write and read them. It's when you want > > interoperability. I'm pretty sure my DVD player at home will not read > > DVD+anything. > > > > On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 22:00:41 +0100 > > Roger Oberholtzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Aren't there two competing standards for recordable CDs? Some units > >> support both. There is no clear 'winner' at this time. What are these > >> standards, you ask, as you well may? My info ends at this point. We > >were> looking into DVDs as a backup medium and decided against them. Not > >just> because if the 'wide choice of standards', but because they are > >really not> more convenient than, say, removable disks, or firewire > >disks. But that is> another issue. > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com > > 4:35pm up 4 days, 17:07, 1 user, load average: 0.08, 0.11, 0.06 > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> > http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > -- +ˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇ+ˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇ+ ˇ Roger Oberholtzer ˇ E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ˇ ˇ OPQ Systems AB ˇ WWW: http://www.opq.se/ ˇ ˇ Erik Dahlbergsgatan 41-43 ˇ Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 ˇ ˇ 115 34 Stockholm ˇ Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 ˇ ˇ Sweden ˇ Fax: Int + 46 8 302602 ˇ +ˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇ+ˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇ+ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users