Thanks. I missed that.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On May 14, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Robert Burnette wrote:
>
> There is a caveat mentioned in the Wikipedia article regarding the -
> R versus +R media and the ability of some older players to handle
> the +R format.
>
> "As of 2007, the market for recordable DVD technology shows little
> sign of settling down in favor of either the "dash" or "plus"
> formats, which is mostly the result of the increasing numbers of
> dual-format devices that can record to both formats; it has become
> very difficult to find new devices that can only record to one of
> the formats. However, because the DVD-R format has been in use since
> 1997, it has had a five-year lead on DVD+R. As such, older or
> cheaper DVD players (up to 2004 vintage) are more likely to favor
> the DVD-R standard exclusively, and when creating DVDs for
> distribution (where the playing unit is unknown or older) the DVD-R
> format would normally be preferable."
>
> Shouldn't make a difference with newer devices.
>
> Robert:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 21:23
> Subject: [OM] Re: Low cost backup
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>> I don't know this supplier but this is the right brand
>> (Mitsui/MAM-A)
>> <http://www.mediasupply.com/mamgold.html>
>>
>> Also, when you buy media buy the +R instead of the -R. All
>> CD's and DVD's have a horrendous error rate compared to a hard
> < drive and make extensive use of their voluminous ECC bits. The
>> +R format is simply more robust in the ECC department.
>
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%2BR>
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>
>
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