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.
>
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