[filmscanners] Re: OT: DVD formats

["Ewen McMillan" <ewen@chimpy.freeserve.co.uk>]

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From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
To: <ewen@chimpy.freeserve.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 11:03 PM
Subject: [filmscanners] OT: DVD formats



Anyone know anything about the merits of the different DVD-R/RW formats?

I'm just looking at recording data (image files obviously), not movies etc.
Is there one that is more mainstream? Pros and cons?

thanks

tim


A recent photo magazine (AP) reckons DVD-R is ok for data, but DVD+R is more
likely to work in domestic DVD players - i.e. for video. Microsoft are
backing DVD+R as the universal format in future operating systems
development. For long term archiving, I would hedge on +R

I'm not sure what the technical difference is but we had this discussion at
work when ordering a shed load of blank disks for our dual format burners.

Ewen


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