Most compatible DVD media?

Question

Have people found specific DVD media brands which are more compatible then others? TDK, Memorex?

Are DVD-Rs more compatible then DVD+Rs?

Answer 1

in modern equipment.....no they are both compatible. like someone said earlier stay away from house brands......especially with DVD media. the stored information is much more dense so the quality is more important than with a blank CD. their are even free utilities that read the quality of the blank media. i would stay with maxell, or verbatim. the link below is to a site that's dedicated to many PC issues, especially DVD burning and quality issues. i highly recommend you check it out.

Answer 2

DVD-R is a DVD recordable format. A DVD-R has more storage capacity than a CD-R, typically 4.7 GB (4.38 GiB) instead of 700 MiB, although the capacity of the original standard was 3.95 GB. Pioneer has also developed an 8.54 GB dual layer version, which appeared on the market in 2005. A DVD-R can be written to only once. It's the most common and popular format.

A DVD+R is a writable optical disc with 4.7 GB (4.38 GiB) of storage capacity.. The format was developed by a coalition of corporations in mid 2002. Since the DVD+R format is a competing format to the DVD-R format, which is developed by the DVD Forum, it has not been approved by the DVD Forum, which claims that the DVD+R format is not an official DVD format.

There are a number of significant technical differences between the dash and plus formats, although most consumers would not notice the difference. One example is the ADIP system of tracking and speed control being less susceptible to interference and error than the LPP system used by DVD-R, which makes the ADIP system more accurate at higher speeds. Also DVD+R(W) has a more robust error management system than DVD-R(W), allowing for more accurate burning to media independent of the quality of the media.

Hybrid drives that can handle both, often labeled "DVD±RW".

Oh as far as brand quality:

1) Memorex
2) Imation
3) Sony
4) TDK
5) Verbatim

NEVER buy private label or no-name "house brands", they are garbage and will generally have high error rates...

Answer 3

To be a little more direct, DVD-R is the industry standard. Therefore, it is the oldest technology and the most widely accepted DVD format and will play on almost every home DVD player out there. DVD+R is their competitor and the newest of the two. They still share a common feature, they can be written to only once. Ridata (Ritek) DVD blanks work very well in Sony, and in Lite-On DVD-RWs. I have better luck burning to DVD+R's than to DVD-R's.