DVD Recording - Is There a Winner Yet?

Rob writes "Ok, so I've finally gotten my TiVo configured to let me extract and archive video, now I'm wondering what is my best solution? I currently have a CDR that I've been able to use to save both VCD and SVCD. Unfortunately I have a very old DVD player that will only play VCD's. So I decided that it's time to look at recording to DVD, but what is the right answer? Has any format won? I just got back from Fry's and I could get either -R/-RW or +R/+RW and there were even drives that did all of the formats. This is all well and good, since I'll have to buy a new DVD player to play any of them, but which format is most widely accepted? Even if I get a drive that will record in any format what do most DVD players accept? Sure I can make sure that my DVD player will play whatever format I produce but what about my parents and friends?"

Comments

DVD player that won't play DVDs ?

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

Unfortunately I have a very old DVD player that will only play VCD's

Would that be a CD player ? or did your DVD player catch a cold and never fully recover in its life ?

hint : you can pick up a decent DVD player for $30.

I feel so much better about my life now.

[lushmore]

You archive TV? Are you nuts?! Don't you have anything better to do? It's TELEVISION. Tell you what, you can come over to my house and archive my toilet paper after I use it--it's just as entertaining and far more powerful.