The Most Compatible DVD Format: DVD-R

Posted by timothy on Sunday July 20, 2003 @05:24AM from the mix-and-match-media dept.

jbridges writes "CDR-Info tested eight types of media (two examples of each media type) using five different recorders, then tested compatibility in twenty-seven standalone DVD players and twenty DVD-ROM drives. They determined that DVD-R is clearly the most compatible DVD recording format on the market. To assess the compatibility level of DVD Formats they created video content on a DVD writer using DVD-R/RW and +R/RW media. These discs were then played back in other DVD players and DVD-ROM drives -over a 1,000 combinations of drive, media and player were tested."

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Re:DVD-R most compatable?? by swordgeek · 2003-07-20 05:44 · Score: 2, Flamebait

Thank you SOOOO much for dismissing an article that was probably directed at the 95+% of the population who have NOT been mastering DVDs for clients since 1999.

Your specialised knowledge doesn't make this general article less relevant for us--only for you.

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Re:Pioneer by jtrascap · 2003-07-20 15:38 · Score: 0, Flamebait

"Also, -R/RW seems to be the cheaper media wherever I check."

Do the words, "economy of scale" mean anything you?

The only thing ready for the bargain-bin is you logic...