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DVD-RW Incompatibilities?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the hardware-haps dept.

rekkanoryo writes "It seems that there is some trouble brewing in the DVD-RW camps. According to CNET, new, faster 4x DVD-RW media may not be compatible with older DVD-RW drives. The DVD+RW camp is confident this won't be a problem for them, but the -RW backers think it will sometime in the future when even faster media starts to appear. Also mentioned is a dual-layer DVD+R capable of holding up to 8.5 GB of data per disc and the problem with really old DVD+RW drives not being upgradable to support write-once DVD+R media."

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  1. Re:Note by djupedal · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    point and laugh...point and laugh.

    That's all that ever happens around here.

    Just once I'd like to see a little old fashioned head-on-a-stick esteem trashing.

  2. Re:(OT) DVD+-RW burning in Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well purchase another OS called Windows and install it, then use dual boot to use all the software that came with the DVD drive.
    Or purchase any other software that you like, for instance I hate the Adaptec burning software that came with my drive so I bought Nero Burning ROM.
    All windows software comes with everything you need to install it and all you have to do is click a few setup buttons.
    If Aunt Tilly can do it you can to.