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Which DVD Recordable Format Will Win?

Posted by timothy on from the anyone-else-think-of-young-frankenstein dept.

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."

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  1. This one is easy... by URoRRuRRR · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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  2. Yeah, but... by MattC413 · · Score: 4, Funny
    but a '-' disk is not recordable in a '+' drive and vice-versa


    But.. can't you then just turn the disc upside down? :)

    -Matt
  3. Just watch me and do the opposite by John+Jorsett · · Score: 5, Funny

    The one that will win is whichever one I don't buy when I can't hold out any longer.

    1. Re:Just watch me and do the opposite by alcmena · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't pick what I do either. I was one of the early adopters who already got burned, damn DVD-RAM.

  4. Pub Talk by trentfoley · · Score: 4, Funny
    I was discussing this very problem over a few pints at the neighborhood pub. Consensus held that DVD-R should win. However, all parties in the discussion agreed that what should happen is not what will happen.

    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.

  5. Well one of 'em sure sounds more free... by Bingo+Foo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I like the sound of
    chmod DVD+R
    better than
    chmod DVD-R

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  6. Memo to marketers by dpbsmith · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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