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Dell Throws In For The +R/+RW Standard

Posted by timothy on from the mike-thinks-positive dept.

srothroc writes "Dell has been selling DVD+R burners for a while, but now they're tossing them in on free deals with some decent everyday consumer systems. I wonder if this increased support from one of two companies to pull a profit on PCs is going to tip the scale towards the +R format... If not, what's going to happen to the Dell users who have all of these +R drives if it turns out that -R wins out in the long run?"

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  1. Old standards. by saintlupus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If not, what's going to happen to the Dell users who have all of these +R drives if it turns out that -R wins out in the long run?

    Fuck 'em. My friend never got reimbursed for his choice of a Bernoulli drive, and that was a lot more than 100 bucks down the drain.

    Sometimes you bet on the wrong horse. It happens.

    --saint

  2. Nothing Happens by lordvdr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    DVDs will forever READ both +R and -R. If -R were to win right now, in 1-2 years you wouldn't be able to buy DVD+R discs. That means you'd have to buy a new drive. That's not unreasonable for 1-2 years.

    --
    If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor - Albert Einstein
  3. Now Dell ads are news???? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I can't believe this. Someone links to a Dell ad for a free DVD burner, and now all of a sudden, "it's a shift in the industry". What the fuck, April Fool's isn't for another few months!