But it shouldn't be of any concern to disks you have burned yourself
exclusively for backup vs distribution to others. If you have the
device that burned the disk you should be able to read it back.
Chuck Norcutt
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> Thanks. I missed that.
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> On May 14, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Robert Burnette wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> "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."
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>> Shouldn't make a difference with newer devices.
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>> Robert:
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 21:23
>> Subject: [OM] Re: Low cost backup
>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
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>>> I don't know this supplier but this is the right brand
>>> (Mitsui/MAM-A)
>>> <http://www.mediasupply.com/mamgold.html>
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>>> 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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