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What is the difference between DVD- and DVD+?
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2006-10-02 |
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2007-02-09 |
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There are various electronics companies who all disagree about the best formats - they have basically developed into 2 factions - the DVD "minus" people and the DVD "plus" people. Depending on which side the maker of the writers is on; the writers will work with those discs better.
DVD Dash(Minus) is run by a group called the DVD Forum, website link.
Their disc format was the original DVD recordable disc and offers a very slightly bigger capacity.
DVD Plus is run by a group called the DVD Alliance, website link.
Their disc format hsa the better error checking and tends to give a slightly better quality of result.
Saying that both discs are nearly identical in quality now, and nearly all DVD burners and all players can handle all the major formats without a problem. With this in mind the issue of which DVD format to get isn't as bad as it was in 2000.
With standalone DVD Recorders however you have to be a bit more careful as they can be a bit more picky on the media they work with.
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