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Which DVD Recordable Format Will Win?
kila_m writes: "Their is a format war going on between two recordable formats 'DVD-R' and 'DVD+R.' Both formats do virtually the same thing i.e. are readable in most DVD-ROM drives - but a '-' disk is not recordable in a '+' drive and vice-versa. We have a
review of the Pioneer DVR-A04 - the worlds best-selling DVD writer and based on the '-' format. I would like get an view of what recordable format Slashdot readers prefer or think is going to win."
If dvd-r != dvd+r and x=dvd then what is x?
"If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people in the world?"
Too easy...
Since the best selling one is in DVD-R, DVD+R will win out, causing those people to have to buy new DVD-Rs if they want to trade DVDs.
"Oh no, 3 horny women and only 2 condoms...Thank god I read slashdot"
When I'm making that $$$ again and a $200dollar DVDR doesn't make me think about "Gee if I buy this I can't eat my ramen"
Any format that won't play on Linux.
Why aren't they creating standards like DVD*R, DVD/R, DVD^R, DVD\R, etc.etc.etc.??
But.. can't you then just turn the disc upside down?
-Matt
The one that will win is whichever one I don't buy when I can't hold out any longer.
More interesting is the old guy that overheard us and mumbled in beer speech: "DVD's!! I haven't even heard of CVD's -- I'm sticking with BVD's..." Which was followed by a few unintelligable sentences concerning underwear and conspiracies.
*blink*
I like the sound of
chmod DVD+R
better than
chmod DVD-R
taken! (by Davidleeroth) Thanks Bingo Foo!
It's obvious neither one will win.
According to the MPAA, the only people needing that much portable storage are pirates and other lowlifes. Therefore, it's clear that both formats will be banned and you will be arrested for so much as thinking about either one.
Consumers want more choice! Come on, give it to us!
We want DVD=RAM, DVD~RW, DVD±R, and DVD_ROM!
Don't hold back! We want one, two, and three-layer formats! One, two, and three-sided disks!
We want the kind that come in a cartridge but you can remove them, and the kind that come in a cartridge but you can't remove them, and the kind that don't come in a cartridge but you need a caddy!
We crave the thrill, the excitement, and the suspense of putting a DVD in a player and wondering what, if anything will happen!
Oh, and, please, we'd hate to break the law by recording anything you don't think we should record, so put in something to stop us from doing that.
And we'd really like to get valuable discount coupons in the mail, but only on the stuff we like to watch, so it would be helpful if the player sent a list of everything we watch to get sent to the MPAA, the RIAA, and the Department of Homeland Security so that they could form a dossier, I mean profile of our interests.
"How to Do Nothing," kids activities, back in print!
But.. can't you then just turn the disc upside down?
No, you use a technique known as double recording. Put two "-" discs in the "+" recorder simultaneously. The two discs will cancel each other out to the "+" format and work as expected.
As a side bonus, you get two copies of whatever you wanted to write to the disc.
I agree with you on most things, but I don't think Sony MiniDiscs are quasi-irrelevan...t[h]riving in Europe.
As we said, its irrelevant.