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Another Format War: DVD -R9 v. +R9

Posted by timothy on from the tie-yourself-to-the-mast dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Just when we thought the dust settled on the last format war between CD-R's we see a new one brewing with DVD recordable discs. DVD -R9/+R9 will apparently be the next technological slugfest where there are no rewards for second place. With all of these new recording format options made available to the public, how can any consumer intelligently know which one to buy into?"

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  1. Do the same as w/ the current generation by digThisXL · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Buy a drive that supports both formats.

  2. Familiarity wins by r_glen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...how can any consumer intelligently know which one to buy into?

    My guess is that they'll buy into whichever format they current use for single-layer discs.

  3. Dual Format Dirves by jeffy210 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As long as they keep making +/- drives, I really don't care. Most all systems can read from either of them, and has long as you have a +/- drive you can write to either of them.

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  4. Re:Easy by William+Baric · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1) CD-R cost more than DVD-R per MB (at least in Canada). Of course, if you use only 2 or 3 CDs a month then I guess you simply don't need DVDs. For someone who use 20 or 30 CDs a month, DVDs are a much better deal.

    2) My weekly backup is about 1.8 GB. Using ONE DVD+RW is much simpler than THREE CD-RW.

    3) A 8x DVD recorder is FASTER than a 52x CD recorder.

    3) There will always be something "better". Will you wait forever ? Who cares if DVDs are obsolete in 5 years. Anyway CDs will become obsolete pretty fast too.

    Maybe you don't know this, but most DVD players can read BOTH DVD-R and DVD+R. It's not like the VHS / Betamax war.